Title：Optimization norms and their role in compliance management in multi-agent systems

Speaker：Professor Aditya Ghose, Director, Decision Systems Lab, School of Computer Science and Software Engg University of Wollongong NSW

Date：2012/7/10(二) 下午14:00-16:00

Venue：資電館 R431

Optimization norms and their role in compliance management in multi-agent systems
Professor Aditya Ghose
Director, Decision Systems Lab, School of Computer Science and Software Engg University of Wollongong NSW

Abstract
This paper explores a hitherto largely ignored dimension to norms in multi-agent systems: the normative role played by optimization objectives.
We introduce the notion of optimization norms which constrain agent behaviour in a manner that is signi cantly distinct from norms in the traditional sense. We argue that optimization norms underpin most other norms, and off er a richer representation of these. We outline a methodology for identifying the optimization norms that underpin other norms. We then de ne a notion of compliance for optimization norms, as well as a notion of consistency and inconsistency resolution. We off er an algebraic formalization of valued optimization norms which allows us to explicitly reason about degrees of compliance and graded sanctions. We then outline an approach to decomposing and distributing sanctions among multiple agents in settings where there is joint responsibility.