Constraint rule-based programming of norms for electronic institutions

  • Authors:
  • Andrés García-Camino;Juan A. Rodríguez-Aguilar;Carles Sierra;Wamberto Vasconcelos

  • Affiliations:
  • IIIA - Artificial Intelligence Research Institute, CSIC - Spanish Scientific Research Council, Bellaterra, Spain 08193;IIIA - Artificial Intelligence Research Institute, CSIC - Spanish Scientific Research Council, Bellaterra, Spain 08193;IIIA - Artificial Intelligence Research Institute, CSIC - Spanish Scientific Research Council, Bellaterra, Spain 08193;Department of Computing Science, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK AB24 3UE

  • Venue:
  • Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems
  • Year:
  • 2009

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Abstract

Norms constitute a powerful coordination mechanism among heterogeneous agents. In this paper, we propose a rule language to specify and explicitly manage the normative positions of agents (permissions, prohibitions and obligations), with which distinct deontic notions and their relationships can be captured. Our rule-based formalism includes constraints for more expressiveness and precision and allows to supplement (and implement) electronic institutions with norms. We also show how some normative aspects are given computational interpretation.