Just as conventional institutions are organisational structures for coordinating the activities
of multiple interacting individuals, electronic institutions provide a computational analogue …

In this paper we investigate two related aspects of the formalization of open interaction
systems: how to specify norms, and how to enforce them by means of sanctions. The …

The previous chapter discusses the design of intelligent agents. Each agent is an individual
entity capable of independent action. However, many applications require the interaction …

This article presents a high-level overview of the literature on norms and their uses in multi-
agent systems. We distinguish the main types of norms used in multi-agent systems, and the …

Effective institutions are key to the success of self-governing systems, yet specifying and
maintaining them can be challenging, especially in large-scale, highly dynamic and …

This chapter will pose three questions: how should complexity thinking handle 'power'; how
can this enrich larger debates in political and social science about power; and how, finally …

Normative systems offer a means to govern agent behaviour in dynamic open environments.
Under the governance, agents themselves must be able to reason about compliance with …

Inst AL denotes both a declarative domain-specific language for the specification of
collections of interacting normative systems and a framework for a set of associated tools …

Everyday uses of the notion of institution and some typical institutions have been studied
and formalized by economists and philosophers. Borrowing from these everyday …

As an increasing number of technological developments are made in the field of
autonomous vehicles, the question of what intelligent system (s) will be placed around these …