Norm-ML - A Modeling Language to Model Norms
Karen da Silva Figueiredo, Viviane Torres da Silva · 2011
Norms in multi-agent systems are mechanisms used to restrict the behavior of agents by defining what agents are obligated, permitted or prohibited to do and by stating stimulus to their fulfillment while defining rewards and discouraging their violation while pointing out punishments. In this paper we propose a normative modeling language called NormML that makes possible the modeling of the main properties and characteristics of the norms. In addition, we also propose a mechanism to validate the norms at design time, i.e., to check if the norms respect the constraints defined by the language.