Proceedings of the Fourth Mexican International Conference on Computer Science, 2003. ENC 2003.
Societies are regulated by norms and, consequently, autonomous agents that want to be part of suc... more Societies are regulated by norms and, consequently, autonomous agents that want to be part of such societies must be able to reason about norms. However, no reasoning can be done if agents lack a model of norms that enables them to know how, by complying with norms, some of their goals might be affected. In this paper, a general model of norms is proposed. By contrast with current models of norms, our model emphasises those aspects that autonomous agents might consider before taking decisions regarding norms. The model is applied to represent the most common kinds of norms that exist in a society, and its effectiveness to design systems of norms is shown.
For agents, one of the advantages of being part of a society is the satisfaction of those goals w... more 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 norms and, consequently, agents must be able first to model the society in which they exist, and then to identify the different relationships, due to norms, in which they might be involved in order to act appropriately. Both of these could mean the difference between the success or failure of their goals. To this end, this paper focuses on the identification of the basic components of norm-based systems, and on representing and analysing the dynamic relationships between member agents which result from the processing of norms.
Identifying situations in which power exists is an ability that agents can exploit when they must... more Identifying situations in which power exists is an ability that agents can exploit when they must interact with one another. In particular, agents can take advantage of empowered situations to make other agents satisfy their goals. The aim of this paper is to identify situations in which power might exist through the roles agents play in a society as well as the powers that emerge from their own capabilities. However, unlike other models in which power is eternal and absolute, in our model power is always considered as being dynamic.
Hierarchical structures have been widely used by human organizations because they provide the nat... more Hierarchical structures have been widely used by human organizations because they provide the natural means to delegate tasks, to reduce communication lines and to control the activities performed within organizations. This has motivated the development of different approaches to automatize many of the activities that take place in hierarchical organizations. Recent frameworks, such as Gaia, Aalaadin, Har-monIA and OperA, among others, have considered the agent paradigm to do so. Since organizations are dynamic entities that evolve with the time, agents in organizations must adapt to changes. Here we develop a model for flexible and open hierarchical organizations where agents can dynamically adapt to organizational changes.
Computational & Mathematical Organization Theory, 2006
One of the key issues in the computational representation of open societies relates to the introd... more One of the key issues in the computational representation of open societies relates to the introduction of norms that help to cope with the heterogeneity, the autonomy and the diversity of interests among their members. Research regarding this issue presents two omissions. One is the lack of a canonical model of norms that facilitates their implementation, and that allows us to describe the processes of reasoning about norms. The other refers to considering, in the model of normative multi-agent systems, the perspective of individual agents and what they might need to effectively reason about the society in which they participate. Both are the concerns of this paper, and the main objective is to present a formal normative framework for agent-based systems.
For agents, one of the advantages of being in a society is the satisfaction of those goals whose ... more For agents, one of the advantages of being in a society is the satisfaction of those goals whose success depends on the abilities of other agents. In turn, societies are controlled by norms and, consequently, agents must be able first to model the society in which they exist, and then to identify the different relationships, due to norms, in which they might be involved in order to act appropriately. Both of these could mean the difference between the success or failure of their goals. To this end, this paper focuses on the identification of the basic components of norm-based systems, and on representing and analysing the dynamic relationships between member agents which result from the processing of norms.
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