Rational Strategies for Norm Compliance in the n-BDI Proposal

摘要

Norms represent an effective tool for achieving coordination and cooperation among members of open systems. However, agents must be able to adopt norms autonomously. In this sense, the n-BDI proposal is a BDI agent architecture which has been extended in order to allow agents to comply with norms autonomously. Compliance with norms can be explained by both rational and non-rational motivations. Rational motivations consider the influence of norm compliance and violation on agent's goals. In this work the implementation of rational strategies for making a decision about norm compliance in the n-BDI architecture is described.