The Declarative Problem Frame: Designing Systems that Create and Use Norms

  • Authors:
  • Roel J. Wieringa

  • Affiliations:
  • Faculty of Computer Science, University of Twente, P. O. Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands

  • Venue:
  • IWSSD '00 Proceedings of the 10th International Workshop on Software Specification and Design
  • Year:
  • 2000

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Abstract

This paper analyzes design guidelines for reactive systems that control a social environment. In contrast, to a physical environment, a social environment cannot be controlled by physical causation, but it can be controlled by symbolic interaction in combination with the appropriate norms. I show that this involves three kinds of norms: the desired effects of the system, norms needed to achieve these effects, and norms for the subject domain that are independent from the system. The norms presupposed by the responses of the system include the ability of the system to act on behalf of legal persons as well as responsibilities allocated to legal persons. The analysis leads to design guidelines and a problem frame for social control by machine.