Salience (Priority) Conflict Resolution Policy

A conflict resolution policy that fires the matching rule with the highest explicitly assigned numeric priority first.

Responsibility. Resolves rule conflicts by explicit rule priority.

Also known as: Priority-based conflict resolution

Variant of Conflict Resolution Policy abstract

When to choose. Choose when explicit control is needed, e.g., safety-critical systems where emergency rules must pre-empt optimisation or routine rules; requires careful priority assignment and maintenance.