This article is concerned with conceptualizing those actors who seek to undo the collective
normative standard that has already been achieved. I call these actors norm saboteurs …

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 …

In multiagent systems, social norms serves as an important technique in regulating agents'
behaviors to ensure effective coordination among agents without a centralized controlling …

The research on international norms offers several models of their evolution; however, a
convincing model specifically depicting the phase of norm emergence is still lacking. Macro …

Abstract “Social norms” is a term widely used in different areas of research like sociology,
philosophy or multiagent systems. However, there is still not a clear definition of what social …

In multi-agent systems, norms provide a means for regulating agent behaviour at a system or
society level rather than by constraining agent behaviour directly. In order to cope effectively …

The power of norms in both human societies and sociotechnical systems arises from the
facts that (1) societal norms, including laws and policies, characterize acceptable behavior …

In the design of systems of multiple agents, we must deal with the potential for conflict that is
inherent in the interactions among agents; to ensure efficient operation, these interactions …

Norms have been extensively studied to coordinate multi-agent systems, and the literature
has investigated two general approaches to norm synthesis: off-line (synthesising norms at …

Recent years have seen an increase in the application of ideas from the social sciences to
computational systems. Nowhere has this been more pronounced than in the domain of …