Using warning events in combination with temporal reasoning

Question

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OPA version
10.3.0.77
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Rule language: Dutch
Region: Netherlands (Dutch)
We are using temporal reasoning to make decisions. Example: 'Decision X' is initially 'uncertain', from 01-01-2012 'true' and from 31-12-2012 'uncertain'.
Now we want to use an warning event in case Decision X is uncertain between a certain relevant period, for example between 01-01-2012 and 31-03-2012.
something like
warning("decision could not be made") if
decision is uncertain between 01-01-2012 and 31-03-2012
Is this possible?
In case it isn't possible, is there another solution for this problem?
Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

For the purpose of this explanation, 'Decision X' is 'the person is happy'. Here's an idea to try...
Create a regular rule which checks whether 'the person is happy' is uncertain at any point in the specified interval:
the warning message should be triggered if
IntervalSometimes(2012-01-01, 2012-03-31, it is uncertain whether or not the person is happy)
Then create a Warning event rule, e.g.
Warning("Decision could not be made.") if
the warning message should be triggered
You could combine these two rules into one rule, but it will be easier to test if you add an intermediate attribute, e.g. something like 'the warning message should be triggered' I used above.
For more information about the IntervalSometimes function, search on "IntervalSometimes" in the OPM Help.
Cheers,
Jasmine