Pink Panther
For Ruby 1.9.3, 2.0.0, 2.1.0
Introduction
pink_panther is a deductive reasoning & analysis framework for Ruby.
It provides a domain-specific language (DSL) for designing systems of deductions and conclusions, to which data can be input, and an analysis output.
What can I use it for?
Deductive reasoning can be used for several ends, including (but not limited to) scripted diagnostics, case analysis, and simple AIs/decision engines. Some examples include:
- Customer support modules: Automatically deduce the source of data-related issues stemming from a user's account, and suggest corrective action.
- Technical diagnostics: Run a troubleshooter when a system, website, or service triggers an alert (Nagios, NewRelic, etc) and e-mail a diagnosis to the system administrator.
- Insights & simple data mining: Produce a report about users' likely interests, or presumed behavior.
- Recommendation engine: Choose when to show (or not to show) content to a visitor, based on what they've visited on your website.