Distributed Norm Enforcement Via Ostracism

Abstract. An agent normative society has to deal with two main concerns: how to define norms and how to enforce them. Enforcement becomes a complex issue as agent societies become more decentralized and open. We propose a new distributed mechanism to enforce norms by ostracizing agents that do not abide by them. Our simulations have shown that, although complete ostracism is not always possible, the mechanism substantially reduces the number of norm violations.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2007
• Where: ATAL
• Authors: Adrian Perreau de Pinninck, Carles Sierra, W. Marco Schorlemmer
• Keywords: Agent Normative Society, Agent Societies, ATAL 2007, Main Concerns