… EMIL-A is an agent architecture applied to the simulation of norms’ emergence and spread
in agent societies. Unlike most agent-based models used in social simulation, however, EMIL-…

… understanding the operations and effects of norms in human societies. Obviously, such
mod… reflected in attempts to simulate norms with the means of agent-based simulation models. …

… norms are so central to real societies that ignoring how they affect the interactions among
simulated agents … We focus on norms governing inter-agent contacts, because in this artificial …

… environment, whereas norm-detectives are … norm sleuths when a sudden event breaks the
liquid society into segregated communities. As we shall see, norm recognition allows agents …

… Such beliefs were compounded by the failure of government and regulatory agencies to …
Societies that depend on norms and tradition often get stuck in inefficient solutions (eg slavery) …

… that norms emerge in society by and while shaping and modifying the representations and
mental mechanisms of the society’… of norm emergence, agents already holding norms from the …

… world and its normative structure, which defines the conditions of agency for women (our
italics).15 … norm from its initial home in a smaller community to the entire society, to the Big Time. …

… subject shares both the goal of the norm and the belief that the norm achieves it. For example,
an agent may decide to conform to the recycling norm because he believes that, by doing …

… Though HUME 1.0 lacks an explicit model of the mental processing of norms (see … Agents
with a problem are referred to as P- agents. Agents without a problem are called S- agents…

How do minds make societies, and how do societies change? Paul Thagard systematically
connects … Mind-Society displays the interdependence of the cognitive and social sciences by …