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Norm Enforcement as Supervisory Control

  • Mehdi Dastani
  • Sebastian Sardina
  • Vahid YazdanpanahEmail author
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Abstract

In this paper, we study normative multi-agent systems from a supervisory control theory perspective. Concretely, we show how to model three well-known types of norm enforcement mechanisms by adopting well-studied supervisory control theory techniques for discrete event systems. Doing so provides a semantics for normative multi-agent systems rooted in formal languages and the ability to automatically synthesize SCT-based norm enforcement mechanisms for special, but still fairly expressive, type of systems and properties.

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Authors and Affiliations

  • Mehdi Dastani
    • 1
  • Sebastian Sardina
    • 2
  • Vahid Yazdanpanah
    • 3
    Email author
  1. 1.Utrecht UniversityUtrechtThe Netherlands
  2. 2.RMIT UniversityMelbourneAustralia
  3. 3.University of TwenteEnschedeThe Netherlands

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