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Norms in MAS: Definitions and Related Concepts Balke, Tina da Costa Pereira, Célia Dignum, Frank Lorini, Emiliano Rotolo, Antonino Vasconcelos, Wamberto Villata, Serena Norms MAS In this chapter we provide an introductory presentation of normative multi-agent systems (nMAS). The key idea of the chapter is that any definition of nMAS should preliminarily clarify meaning, scope, and function of the concept of norm. On account of this idea, we focus on three definitions and some related requirements for nMAS. For each of such definitions we propose some guidelines for developing nMAS. Second, we suggest how to relate the concept of nMAS to different conceptions of norms and how norms can be used within the systems. Finally, we identify some specific issues that open research questions or that exhibit interesting overlaps with other disciplines. Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik Tina Balke and Célia da Costa Pereira and Frank Dignum and Emiliano Lorini and Antonino Rotolo and Wamberto Vasconcelos and Serena Villata 2013 Is Part Of Dagstuhl Follow-Ups, Volume 4, Normative Multi-Agent Systems (2013) InCollection Text doc-type:ResearchArticle publishedVersion application/pdf doi:10.4230/DFU.Vol4.12111.1 urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-39983 https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/DFU.Vol4.12111.1 eng https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode