Comments on: Decisions matter to Complex Event Processing http://jtonedm.com/2008/09/05/decisions-matter-to-complex-event-processing/ James Taylor on Everything Decision Management Sun, 21 Mar 2010 19:03:55 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Complex Event Processing (CEP Blog » CEP vs Decision Management) http://jtonedm.com/2008/09/05/decisions-matter-to-complex-event-processing/comment-page-1/#comment-11811 Complex Event Processing (CEP Blog » CEP vs Decision Management) Tue, 16 Dec 2008 01:38:20 +0000 http://jtonedm.com/?p=559#comment-11811 [...] to see James Taylor’s comment on “Decisions Matter in Complex Event Processing”. “Decision Management” [*1] is orthogonal to “event processing type”, where [...] [...] to see James Taylor’s comment on “Decisions Matter in Complex Event Processing”. “Decision Management” [*1] is orthogonal to “event processing type”, where [...]

]]> By: Mark Palmer http://jtonedm.com/2008/09/05/decisions-matter-to-complex-event-processing/comment-page-1/#comment-10865 Mark Palmer Sat, 06 Sep 2008 13:38:09 +0000 http://jtonedm.com/?p=559#comment-10865 Yes, it's hard to argue that at some level all decisions are part and parcel of CEP applications. But I think the fidelity of the statement does repay deeper exploration. For example, the real practical differences between the way that a BPM tool is designed and a CEP tool make them a better fit for different types of applications. Since I run a CEP company, I'll argue the other side - that is, a workflow oriented tools are likely better to manage decisions that involve humans in the middle of the process, and where latency is not an issue. In other words, I'd say human workflow applications are OUTSIDE the current state of the art of CEP platforms. Sure, you can express those decisions in CEP, but you're probably better off with BPM in that case. Anyway, I added another post to the discourse about Smart Order Routing here, to add to your list: http://streambase.typepad.com/streambase_stream_process/2008/09/on-cep-and-smart-order-routing-sor.html Yes, it’s hard to argue that at some level all decisions are part and parcel of CEP applications. But I think the fidelity of the statement does repay deeper exploration. For example, the real practical differences between the way that a BPM tool is designed and a CEP tool make them a better fit for different types of applications. Since I run a CEP company, I’ll argue the other side – that is, a workflow oriented tools are likely better to manage decisions that involve humans in the middle of the process, and where latency is not an issue. In other words, I’d say human workflow applications are OUTSIDE the current state of the art of CEP platforms. Sure, you can express those decisions in CEP, but you’re probably better off with BPM in that case.

Anyway, I added another post to the discourse about Smart Order Routing here, to add to your list:

http://streambase.typepad.com/streambase_stream_process/2008/09/on-cep-and-smart-order-routing-sor.html

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