Adaptive deterrence sanctions in a normative framework

• Type: Article in International Conference Proceedings Book
• Date: 2009

Authors

Herique Lopes Cardoso (Author) FEUP; Eugénio Oliveira (Author) FEUP

Conference proceedings International

Title: 2009 IEEE/WIC/ACM INTERNATIONAL JOINT CONFERENCES ON WEB INTELLIGENCE (WI) AND INTELLIGENT AGENT TECHNOLOGIES (IAT), VOL 2

Pages: 36-43

IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conferences on Web Intelligence (WI)/Intelligent Agent Technologies (IAT),

Milan, ITALY, SEP 15-18, 2009

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Scientific classification

FOS: Natural sciences > Computer and information sciences

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Authenticus ID: P-003-SWE

DOI: 10.1109/wi-iat.2009.123

Abstract (EN): Normative environments are used to regulate multi-agent interactions. In business encounters, agents representing business entities make contracts including norms that prescribe what agents should do. Agent autonomy, however, gives agents the ability to decide whether they fulfill or violate their commitments. In this paper we present an adaptive mechanism that enables a normative framework to change deterrence sanctions according to an agent population, in order to preclude agents from exploiting potential normative flaws. The system tries to avoid institutional control beyond what is strictly necessary, seeking to maximize agent contracting activity while ensuring a certain commitment compliance level, when agents have unknown risk and social attitudes.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 8