A Distributed Architecture for Norm-Aware Agent Societies

We propose a distributed architecture to endow multi-agent systems with a social layer in which normative positions are explicitly represented and managed via rules. Our rules operate on a representation of the states of affairs of a multi-agent system. We define the syntax and semantics of our rule...

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Published inDeclarative Agent Languages and Technologies III pp. 89 - 105
Main Authors García-Camino, A., Rodríguez-Aguilar, J. A., Sierra, C., Vasconcelos, W.
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published Berlin, Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2006
SeriesLecture Notes in Computer Science
Subjects
Atomic Formula
Governor Agent
Institutional State
Logic Program
Multiagent System
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ISBN3540331069
9783540331063
ISSN0302-9743
1611-3349
DOI10.1007/11691792_6

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Summary:We propose a distributed architecture to endow multi-agent systems with a social layer in which normative positions are explicitly represented and managed via rules. Our rules operate on a representation of the states of affairs of a multi-agent system. We define the syntax and semantics of our rules and an interpreter; we achieve greater precision and expressiveness by allowing constraints to be part of our rules. We show how the rules and states come together in a distributed architecture in which a team of administrative agents employ a tuple space to guide the execution of a multi-agent system.
ISBN:3540331069
9783540331063
ISSN:0302-9743
1611-3349
DOI:10.1007/11691792_6