Abstract. Based on the formal-ontological paradigm of Constructive Descriptions and Situations, we propose a definition of social collectives that includes social agents, plans, no...
In this paper we enrich FIEVeL (a modelling language for institutions amenable to model checking) with new constructs to describe norms and sanctions. Moreover, we present a speciļ...
We elaborate on the veriļ¬cation of properties of electronic institutions, a formalism to deļ¬ne and analyse protocols among agents with a view to achieving global and individual...
Marc Esteva, Wamberto Weber Vasconcelos, Carles Si...
Our main interest research is focused on reaching a decentralized form of social order through the usage of social norms in virtual communities. In this paper, we analyze the effe...
āThe import of the notion of institution in the design of MASs requires to develop formal and efļ¬cient methods for modeling the interaction between agentsā behaviour and norm...