3. The computer program product recited in claim 2 , wherein the first clause and the second clause of the at least one rule are connected by a logical AND connective.
3. The computer program product recited in claim 2 , wherein the first clause and the second clause of the at least one rule are connected by a logical AND connective. 4. The computer program product recited in claim 3 , wherein the computer usable program code to exclude the identified at least one multiple-clause rule from evaluation with the plurality of rules on the basis of the first clause in a context of the current state of the first characteristic, further comprises: computer usable program code to evaluate the current state of the of the first characteristic with the first clause of the identified at least one multiple-clause rule; computer usable program code to realize an evaluation outcome of FALSE; and computer usable program code to set the identified at least one multiple-clause rule as unavailable for evaluation.