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In this paper, a comparative analysis of selected cases of normative agent architectures is undertaken. A classification scheme is introduced that represents crucial decisions of which designers of normative agents have to be aware. Preconditions are the theoretical background on which the author relies and whether single or social embedded agents are considered. Designers then have to specify the conceptual realization of norms, to decide whether norm dynamics are to be considered and how to deal with possible conflicts.
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This work has been undertaken as part of the Project ‘Emergence in the Loop’ (EmiL: IST-033841), funded by the Future and Emerging Technologies programme of the European Commission, within the framework of the initiative “Simulating Emergent Properties in Complex Systems”. I would like to thank anonymous referees for helpful comments and advises and for a stimulating discussion at the World Congress on Social Simulation 2008.
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Neumann, M. (2010). A Classification of Normative Architectures. In: Takadama, K., Cioffi-Revilla, C., Deffuant, G. (eds) Simulating Interacting Agents and Social Phenomena. Agent-Based Social Systems, vol 7. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-99781-8_1
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