From roles to standards: a dynamic maintenance approach using incentives

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2015

Authors

Ramón Hermoso (Author) Other; Henrique Lopes Cardoso (Author) FEUP; Maria Fasli (Author) Other

Journal

Title: Information Systems Frontiers

Vol. 17

Pages: 763-778

ISSN: 1387-3326

Publisher: Springer Nature

Indexing

ISI Web of Knowledge - 3 Citations

ISI Web of Science

Scopus - 3 Citations

Scientific classification

FOS: Engineering and technology > Electrical engineering, Electronic engineering, Information engineering

Other information

Authenticus ID: P-00G-ESF

DOI: 10.1007/s10796-014-9523-4

Abstract (EN): Social coordination has been addressed in multi-agent systems, making use of concepts such as institutions, norms, commitments, conventions, roles, or trust. In this paper, we argue the need to tackle open and dynamic environments with yet another concept: the notion of a standard, seen as a measurable and non-committing expectation. Not much work has been done in the field of multi-agent systems addressing the evolving nature of roles, especially in open systems, in which changes in the population bring about changes in the expectations generated from roles. Using standards measured from roles as the focus of attention, we propose an incentive-based mechanism to maintain roles over time. This approach is put in contrast with reorganization, which is needed when incentives are not cost-effective. Different search algorithms are proposed to illustrate incentive-based maintenance. Some empirical results are shown based on the principal-agent model from economics.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 16