Norm adoption and consistency in the NoA agent architecture

Martin J. Kollingbaum; Timothy J. Norman

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Norm adoption and consistency in the NoA agent architecture

Martin J. Kollingbaum, Timothy J. Norman

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The behaviour of a norm-driven agent is governed by obligations, permissions and prohibitions. Agents joining a society or accepting a contract for the purpose of executing specific collaborative tasks usually have to adopt norms representing certain rules and regulations. Adoption of norms can cause problems - an agent maybe already hold norms that would be in conflict or inconsistent with new norms it adopts. How can it be shown that the set of norms is consistent to allow the agent to act according to the ideals that the norms specify? In general, the answer to such a question in a real-world situation is not simple. This paper addresses the problem of finding a pragmatic solution to the problem of norm consistency checking for practical reasoning agents in the context of the NoA Normative Agent Architecture.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Programming Multiagent Systems: Languages, Frameworks, Techniques and Tools
Subtitle of host publication	First International Workshop, ProMAS 2003 Melbourne, Australia, July 15, 2003 Selected Revised and Invited Papers
Editors	Mehdi Dastani, Juergen Dix, Amal El Fallah-Seghrouchni
Publisher	Springer Berlin / Heidelberg
Pages	169-186
Number of pages	18
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-540-25936-7
ISBN (Print)	978-3-540-22180-7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-25936-7_9
Publication status	Published - 2004

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Publisher	Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Volume	3067
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743

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Kollingbaum, M. J., & Norman, T. J. (2004). Norm adoption and consistency in the NoA agent architecture. In M. Dastani, J. Dix, & A. El Fallah-Seghrouchni (Eds.), Programming Multiagent Systems: Languages, Frameworks, Techniques and Tools: First International Workshop, ProMAS 2003 Melbourne, Australia, July 15, 2003 Selected Revised and Invited Papers (pp. 169-186). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 3067). Springer Berlin / Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-25936-7_9

Norm adoption and consistency in the NoA agent architecture. / Kollingbaum, Martin J.; Norman, Timothy J.
Programming Multiagent Systems: Languages, Frameworks, Techniques and Tools: First International Workshop, ProMAS 2003 Melbourne, Australia, July 15, 2003 Selected Revised and Invited Papers. ed. / Mehdi Dastani; Juergen Dix; Amal El Fallah-Seghrouchni. Springer Berlin / Heidelberg, 2004. p. 169-186 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 3067).

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Kollingbaum, MJ & Norman, TJ 2004, Norm adoption and consistency in the NoA agent architecture. in M Dastani, J Dix & A El Fallah-Seghrouchni (eds), Programming Multiagent Systems: Languages, Frameworks, Techniques and Tools: First International Workshop, ProMAS 2003 Melbourne, Australia, July 15, 2003 Selected Revised and Invited Papers. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 3067, Springer Berlin / Heidelberg, pp. 169-186. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-25936-7_9

Kollingbaum MJ, Norman TJ. Norm adoption and consistency in the NoA agent architecture. In Dastani M, Dix J, El Fallah-Seghrouchni A, editors, Programming Multiagent Systems: Languages, Frameworks, Techniques and Tools: First International Workshop, ProMAS 2003 Melbourne, Australia, July 15, 2003 Selected Revised and Invited Papers. Springer Berlin / Heidelberg. 2004. p. 169-186. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science). doi: 10.1007/978-3-540-25936-7_9

Kollingbaum, Martin J. ; Norman, Timothy J. / Norm adoption and consistency in the NoA agent architecture. Programming Multiagent Systems: Languages, Frameworks, Techniques and Tools: First International Workshop, ProMAS 2003 Melbourne, Australia, July 15, 2003 Selected Revised and Invited Papers. editor / Mehdi Dastani ; Juergen Dix ; Amal El Fallah-Seghrouchni. Springer Berlin / Heidelberg, 2004. pp. 169-186 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science).

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