TY - GEN
T1 - Reasoning with group norms in software agent organisations
AU - Aldewereld, Huib
AU - Dignum, Virginia
AU - Vasconcelos, Wamberto
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - Norms have been used to represent desirable behaviours that software agents should exhibit in sophisticated multi-agent solutions. An important open research issue refers to group norms, i.e. norms that govern groups of agents. Depending on the interpretation, group norms may be intended to affect the group as a whole, each member of a group, or some members of the group. Moreover, upholding group norms may require coordination among the members of the group.We have identified three sets of agents affected by group norms, namely, (i) the addressees of the norm, (ii) those that will act on it, and (iii) those that are responsible to ensure norm compliance. We present a formalism to represent these, connecting it to a minimalist agent organisation model. We use our formalism to develop a reasoning mechanism which enables agents to identify their position with respect to a group norm, so as to further support agent autonomy and coordination when deciding on possible courses of action.
AB - Norms have been used to represent desirable behaviours that software agents should exhibit in sophisticated multi-agent solutions. An important open research issue refers to group norms, i.e. norms that govern groups of agents. Depending on the interpretation, group norms may be intended to affect the group as a whole, each member of a group, or some members of the group. Moreover, upholding group norms may require coordination among the members of the group.We have identified three sets of agents affected by group norms, namely, (i) the addressees of the norm, (ii) those that will act on it, and (iii) those that are responsible to ensure norm compliance. We present a formalism to represent these, connecting it to a minimalist agent organisation model. We use our formalism to develop a reasoning mechanism which enables agents to identify their position with respect to a group norm, so as to further support agent autonomy and coordination when deciding on possible courses of action.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84978902187&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-319-42691-4_1
DO - 10.1007/978-3-319-42691-4_1
M3 - Published conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84978902187
SN - 9783319426907
VL - 9628
T3 - Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
SP - 1
EP - 21
BT - Coordination, Organizations, Institutions, and Normes in Agent Systems XI - COIN 2015 International Workshops COIN@AAMAS, Revised Selected Papers
PB - Springer Verlag
T2 - International Conference on Coordination, Organisations, Institutions and Norms in Agent Systems, 2015
Y2 - 4 May 2015 through 4 May 2015
ER -