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International Workshop on Rules and Rule Markup Languages for the Semantic Web

RuleML 2011: Rule-Based Reasoning, Programming, and Applications pp 52–66Cite as

Rules, Agents and Norms: Guidelines for Rule-Based Normative Multi-Agent Systems

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In this survey paper we focus on some requirements for developing normative multi-agent systems (NMAS). In particular, we discuss Boella et al.’s guidelines proposed for NMAS. Finally, we deal with two more specific questions concerning the role of norms in rule-based NMAS: the concepts of compliance and norm change.

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    Antonino Rotolo

  2. Computer Science and Communication, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg

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    Guido Governatori

  3. Computer Science Department, Corporate Semantic Web, Freie Universität Berlin, Königin-Luise-Str. 24/26, 14495, Berlin, Germany

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Rotolo, A., van der Torre, L. (2011). Rules, Agents and Norms: Guidelines for Rule-Based Normative Multi-Agent Systems. In: Bassiliades, N., Governatori, G., Paschke, A. (eds) Rule-Based Reasoning, Programming, and Applications. RuleML 2011. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 6826. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-22546-8_6

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