Title: Normative Multi-Agent Systems
Editors: Giulia Andrighetto, Guido Governatori, Pablo Noriega, and
Leendert W. N. van der Torre
Series: DFU (Dagstuhl Follow-Ups)
Volume: 4
Publisher: Schloss Dagstuhl - Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik, Dagstuhl
Publishing
Publication Date: April, 2013
ISBN: 978-3-939897-51-4
== Open Access ==
Accessible online and free of charge at
http://www.dagstuhl.de/dagpub/978-3-939897-51-4
You may also check the DBLP entry at
http://www.dblp.org/db/conf/dagstuhl/dfu4.html
== About the book ==
As research in Multi-Agent Systems (MAS) has been expanding its focus
from from the individual, cognitive focussed, agent models to models of
socially situated agents, MAS researchers have been showing rising
interest in social theories. Particular attention has been given to
normative concepts because it is expected that norms could play as key
a role in articulating agent interactions as the one norms play in
human social intelligence. Thus, the label of "normative multi-agent
system" has been attached to systems where individual and collective
behaviour is affected by norms. This book is not a state of the art
of normative multi-agent systems, nor a systematic description of the
key concepts, or a compendium of the most salient challenges. However,
the reader will find in its chapters something of each of these three
contents because "Normative Multi-Agent Systems" is an effort to
clarify the ideas behind the label and to put in perspective the work
that is being done in this area.
"Normative Multi-Agent Systems" is the outcome of the 2012 Schloss
Dagstuhl Seminar on Normative Multi-Agent Systems
(http://www.dagstuhl.de/12111), the third in a series of Schloss
Dagstuhl seminars on Normative Multi-Agent Systems. The first seminar
(07122 – http://www.dagstuhl.de/07122), in 2007, had the aim of
identifying common definitions, ontologies, research problems and
applications in the field. The second seminar (09121 –
http://www.dagstuhl.de/09121), in 2009, had instead the aim of
discussing these fundamental concepts in relation to the use of norms
as a regulatory mechanism in human and artificial systems.
See also:
* Frontmatter incl. table of contents and preface:
http://dx.doi.org/10.4230/DFU.Vol4.12111.i
* CompleteVolume-PDF (5 MB):
http://drops.dagstuhl.de/opus/volltexte/dfu-complete/dfu-vol4-complete.pdf
== About the Dagstuhl Follow-Ups Series ==
The Dagstuhl Follow-Ups (DFU) series is a publication series which
offers a frame for the publication of peer-reviewed paper collections
based on Dagstuhl Seminars. DFU volumes are published according to the
principle of OpenAccess, i.e., they are available online and free of
charge.
See also:
* http://www.dagstuhl.de/dfu
* http://drops.dagstuhl.de/dfu
--
Dr. Marc Herbstritt
Scientific Staff | \\\/ Dagstuhl Publishing
Schloss Dagstuhl - Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik GmbH
http://www.dagstuhl.de/herbstritt
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