Dynamically Updatable Rules Engine, and Corresponding Systems and Methods of Use

A system for automatic and dynamic control of machine operations includes a connection to a machine external to the system; sensors configured and deployed to monitor an operation of the external machine and to generate sensor records; a sensor data processing apparatus configured and deployed to receive sensor records from the sensors, and to identify, based on the received sensor records, events and corresponding event conditions affecting an operation of the machine. The processing apparatus is further configured to identify a rule set that, when applied to the machine, alters the operation of the machine by the processing apparatus selectively prioritizing application of the rules to the machine by using only those rules that are operationally relevant to identified events and corresponding event conditions affecting the operation of the machine.