Towards the Implementation of a Normative Reasoning Process

Multi-agent systems have been employed for modeling dynamical and complex systems. In order to control these agent societies, the normative theory has arisen inside multi-agent system area as a coordination mechanism, being a key element in open systems. In this paper, a new normative reasoning process is presented. It allows agents to consider the existence of a dynamical normative context that regulates their behaviors.

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