Despite many efforts to understand why and how norms can be incorporated into agents and
multi-agent systems, there are still several gaps that must be filled. This paper focuses on …

In open dynamic societies, agents are required to work with others that do not necessarily
have the same set of objectives. If left unchecked, self-interested agents will try to …

The use of norms is widely accepted as an effective approach to control and regulate the
behaviour of agents in multiagent systems. Existing work on normative multi-agent systems …

In multi-agent systems, software agents are modelled to possess characteristics and
behaviour borrowed from human societies. Norms are expectations of behaviours of the …

Norms are utilised in agent societies to encourage acceptable behaviour by the participating
agents. They can be established or revised from the top-down (authority) or from the bottom …

The behaviours of autonomous agents may deviate from those deemed to be for the good of
the societal systems of which they are a part. Norms have therefore been proposed as a …

Agent theories have developed concepts and methodologies that can be applied for having
a better understanding of reasoning about obligations. This work proposes an agent-based …

For agents, one of the advantages of being part of a society is the satisfaction of those goals
whose success depends on the abilities of other agents. In turn, societies are controlled by …

In a multiagent system where norms are used to regulate the actions agents ought to
execute, some agents may decide not to abide by the norms if this can benefit them. Norm …

Although normative systems, or social laws, have proved to be a highly influential approach
to coordination in multi-agent systems, the issue of compliance to such normative systems …