Norm Conflicts and Inconsistencies in Virtual Organisations

Martin J. Kollingbaum; Timothy J. Norman; Alun Preece; Derek Sleeman

doi:10.1007/978-3-540-74459-7_16

Norm Conflicts and Inconsistencies in Virtual Organisations

Martin J. Kollingbaum, Timothy J. Norman, Alun Preece, Derek Sleeman

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Organisation-oriented approaches to the formation of multi-agent systems use roles and norms to describe an agent’s social position within an artificial society or Virtual Organisation. Norms are descriptive information for a role – they determine the obligations and social constraints for an agent’s actions. A legal instrument for establishing such norms are contracts signed by agents when they adopt one or more roles. A common problem in open Virtual Organisations is the occurrence of conflicts between norms – agents may sign different contracts with conflicting norms or organisational changes may revoke permissions or enact dormant obligations. Agents that populate such Virtual Organisations can remain operational only if they are able to resolve such conflicts. In this paper, we discuss, how agents can identify these conflicts and resolve them.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Coordination, Organizations, Institutions, and Norms in Agent Systems II
Subtitle of host publication	AAMAS 2006 and ECAI 2006 International Workshops, COIN 2006 Hakodate, Japan, May 9, 2006 Riva del Garda, Italy, August 28, 2006 Revised Selected Papers
Editors	Pablo Noriega, Javier Vázquez-Salceda, Guido Boella, Olivier Boissier, Virginia Dignum, Nicoletta Fornara, Eric Matson
Publisher	Springer
Pages	245-258
Number of pages	14
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-540-74459-7
ISBN (Print)	978-3-540-74457-3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-74459-7_16
Publication status	Published - 2007

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Name	Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence
Publisher	Springer
Volume	4386

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Kollingbaum, M. J., Norman, T. J., Preece, A., & Sleeman, D. (2007). Norm Conflicts and Inconsistencies in Virtual Organisations. In P. Noriega, J. Vázquez-Salceda, G. Boella, O. Boissier, V. Dignum, N. Fornara, & E. Matson (Eds.), Coordination, Organizations, Institutions, and Norms in Agent Systems II: AAMAS 2006 and ECAI 2006 International Workshops, COIN 2006 Hakodate, Japan, May 9, 2006 Riva del Garda, Italy, August 28, 2006 Revised Selected Papers (pp. 245-258). (Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence; Vol. 4386). Springer . https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-74459-7_16

Norm Conflicts and Inconsistencies in Virtual Organisations. / Kollingbaum, Martin J.; Norman, Timothy J.; Preece, Alun et al.
Coordination, Organizations, Institutions, and Norms in Agent Systems II: AAMAS 2006 and ECAI 2006 International Workshops, COIN 2006 Hakodate, Japan, May 9, 2006 Riva del Garda, Italy, August 28, 2006 Revised Selected Papers. ed. / Pablo Noriega; Javier Vázquez-Salceda; Guido Boella; Olivier Boissier; Virginia Dignum; Nicoletta Fornara; Eric Matson. Springer , 2007. p. 245-258 (Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence; Vol. 4386).

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Kollingbaum, MJ, Norman, TJ, Preece, A & Sleeman, D 2007, Norm Conflicts and Inconsistencies in Virtual Organisations. in P Noriega, J Vázquez-Salceda, G Boella, O Boissier, V Dignum, N Fornara & E Matson (eds), Coordination, Organizations, Institutions, and Norms in Agent Systems II: AAMAS 2006 and ECAI 2006 International Workshops, COIN 2006 Hakodate, Japan, May 9, 2006 Riva del Garda, Italy, August 28, 2006 Revised Selected Papers. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, vol. 4386, Springer , pp. 245-258. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-74459-7_16

Kollingbaum MJ, Norman TJ, Preece A, Sleeman D. Norm Conflicts and Inconsistencies in Virtual Organisations. In Noriega P, Vázquez-Salceda J, Boella G, Boissier O, Dignum V, Fornara N, Matson E, editors, Coordination, Organizations, Institutions, and Norms in Agent Systems II: AAMAS 2006 and ECAI 2006 International Workshops, COIN 2006 Hakodate, Japan, May 9, 2006 Riva del Garda, Italy, August 28, 2006 Revised Selected Papers. Springer . 2007. p. 245-258. (Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence). doi: 10.1007/978-3-540-74459-7_16

Kollingbaum, Martin J. ; Norman, Timothy J. ; Preece, Alun et al. / Norm Conflicts and Inconsistencies in Virtual Organisations. Coordination, Organizations, Institutions, and Norms in Agent Systems II: AAMAS 2006 and ECAI 2006 International Workshops, COIN 2006 Hakodate, Japan, May 9, 2006 Riva del Garda, Italy, August 28, 2006 Revised Selected Papers. editor / Pablo Noriega ; Javier Vázquez-Salceda ; Guido Boella ; Olivier Boissier ; Virginia Dignum ; Nicoletta Fornara ; Eric Matson. Springer , 2007. pp. 245-258 (Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence).

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