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Rule Firing Trace

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A per-decision record of which rules fired, in what order, on which matched facts, and what each derived, forming the decision's complete reasoning chain.

Responsibility. Records the exact inference path that produced a rule-based decision.

Also known as: Inference trace, Reasoning trace

Direct neighbourhood (hover for relationship types)

Relationships

is read by dependency

is written by dependency

Symbolic Logic Engine Ch5.11

sends data to dynamic

Audit Log Store Ch5.11

Design guidance

SHOULD record for every firing the rule identifier, the matched condition values and the derived fact or action.

Classification

Quality attributes: Explainability (NIST AI RMF: explainable and interpretable)Transparency and accountability (NIST AI RMF: accountable and transparent)Maintainability (ISO/IEC 25010)
Risks mitigated: Post-hoc approximate explanations

Sources

Ch5.11: T. Nguyen, "Rule-Based Decision Making Fundamentals," in Mastering Agentic AI Systems: Guide for the NVIDIA NCP-AAI Exam, 1st ed. 2026, ch. 5.11. ISBN: 9798244538229.