Order-of-Entry Conflict Resolution Policy

A conflict resolution policy that fires the first matching rule in knowledge-base order, ignoring or deferring later matches.

Responsibility. Resolves rule conflicts by rule position in the rule base.

Also known as: First-match decision list

Variant of Conflict Resolution Policy abstract

When to choose. Choose when simplicity and determinism matter most and the rule base can be maintained as a carefully sequenced decision list with specific rules placed before general fallbacks.