Multi-agent systems are viewed as consisting of individual agents whose behaviors are regulated by an organization artefact. This paper presents a simplified version of a programming language that is designed to implement norm-based artefacts. Such artefacts are specified in terms of norms being enforced by monitoring, regimenting and sanctioning mechanisms. The syntax and operational semantics of the programming language are introduced and discussed. A logic is presented that can be used to specify and verify properties of programs developed in this language.
@InProceedings{dastani_et_al:DagSemProc.09121.23, author = {Dastani, Mehdi and Grossi, Davide and Meyer, John-Jules and Tinnemeier, Nick}, title = {{Normative Multi-Agent Programs and Their Logics}}, booktitle = {Normative Multi-Agent Systems}, pages = {1--16}, series = {Dagstuhl Seminar Proceedings (DagSemProc)}, ISSN = {1862-4405}, year = {2009}, volume = {9121}, editor = {Guido Boella and Pablo Noriega and Gabriella Pigozzi and Harko Verhagen}, publisher = {Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik}, address = {Dagstuhl, Germany}, URL = {https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/DagSemProc.09121.23}, URN = {urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-19079}, doi = {10.4230/DagSemProc.09121.23}, annote = {Keywords: Normative Multi-Agent Systems, Programming Multi-Agent Systems} }
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