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Drools is a business rule management system (BRMS) with a forward and backward chaining inference-based rules engine, more correctly known as a production rule system, using an enhanced implementation of the Rete algorithm.
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| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drools | Developer | The Apache Software Foundation | 1.00 | infobox |
| Drools | License | Apache-2.0 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Drools | Operating system | Cross-platform | 1.00 | infobox |
| Drools | Original authors | Bob McWhirte, Mark Proctor | 1.00 | infobox |
| Drools | Platform | Java | 1.00 | infobox |
| Drools | Release | August 1, 2005; 21 years ago (2005-08-01) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Drools | Repository | github.com/apache/incubator-kie-drools | 1.00 | infobox |
| Drools | Stable release | 10.1.0 / July 8, 2025; 13 months ago (2025-07-08) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Drools | Type | Rules engine, Decision management | 1.00 | infobox |
| Drools | Website | kie.apache.org | 1.00 | infobox |
| Drools | Written in | Java | 1.00 | infobox |
| Drools | is a | business rule management system | 0.90 | text |
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