Norms and normative multiagent systems have become the subjects of interest for many
researchers. Such interest is caused by the need for agents to exploit the norms in …

In this paper the results of several agent-based simulations, aiming to test the effectiveness
of norm recognition and the role of normative beliefs in norm emergence are presented and …

This paper describes a survey of normative agent-based social simulation models. These
models are examined from the perspective of the foundations of social theory. Agent-based …

Currently, research in normative multi-agent systems focus on how a visitor or new agent
detects and updates its host norms autonomously without being explicitly given by the host …

In this paper, we propose a norms mining technique for a visitor agent to detect the norms of
a community of local agents to comply with the community's normative protocol. In this …

Norms are shared expectations of behaviours that exist in human societies. Norms help
societies by increasing the predictability of individual behaviours and by improving co …

An increasing number of applications are using the Internet for voice transmission, and
hence there is a growing demand for the Internet phone. However, the Internet was not …

The multi-agent system paradigm has proved to be very promising for solving complex
problems because agents are able to behave autonomously and cooperate to achieve …

Why Read This Chapter? To understand social norms and their complexities, including: how
they can operate, how they can effectively constrain action and how such processes have …

As outlined in Section 3.4 of Chapter 3, strong evidence exists for the need of an
intermediate concept between social aggregate level and individual cognition. Here norms …