Multi-agents systems are composed of autonomous and possibly heterogeneous software
agents that act according to their own interests. Some coordination mechanism must be …

Norms (permissions, obligations and prohibitions) offer a useful and powerful abstraction
with which to capture social constraints in multi-agent systems. Norms should exclude …

● Design Methodologies: Integrating value-based and co-active design methods to ensure
responsibility in and by design; and● Multiagent Technologies and Formal Methods …

A challenging problem currently addressed in the multi-agent systems area is the
development of open systems; which are characterized by the heterogeneity of their …

Clauses within contracts may be thought of as norms, specifying permissions, obligations
and prohibitions on contract parties. In this paper, we present a formal representation of …

As the nature of virtual work changes, so must our understanding of important processes
such as conflict. The present study examines conflict in ongoing virtual teams by situating …

While researchers have looked at many aspects of argumentation, an area often neglected
is that of argumentation strategies. That is, given multiple possible arguments that an agent …

In this article, we present an argumentative approach to normative reasoning. Special
attention is paid to deontic conflicts, contrary-to-duty and specificity cases, which are …

Social commitments (SCs) provide a flexible, norm-based, governance structure for sharing
and receiving data. However, users of data sharing applications can subscribe to multiple …

Norms in multi-agent systems are a mechanism used to restrict the behavior of agents by
defining what agents are obligated, permitted or prohibited to do and by stating stimulus to …