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 necessity to model the mental ingredients of norm compliance is a controversial issue
within the study of norms. So far, the simulation-based study of norm emergence has shown …

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 …

Norms in human societies are expectations of behaviours of the individuals. In human
societies, there are several types of norms such as moral norms, social norms and legal …

Since the agent paradigm emerged, agent researchers have faced the challenge of building
open societies in which heterogeneous and independently designed entities can work …

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 …

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

Complex systems often exhibit emergent behaviour, unexpected macro-level behaviour
caused by the interaction of micro-level components. In multiagent systems, these micro …

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 …

Norms are prescribed conducts applied by the majority of people. Getting across cultures
and centuries, norms evolved to rule all human relationships, from the most formal to the …