Normative Reasoning and Consequence
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چکیده
In this chapter we first provide a general introduction to the research area methodology and relevance, then we discuss normative reasoning for multi-agent systems, and finally we discuss current research challenges. We cover the main issues in modern deontic logic, which is much broader than the traditional modal logic framework of deontic logic, with an emphasis to our intended audience. To emphasize this broadness, we typically refer to “deontic logic and normative systems” rather than deontic logic only. 1998 ACM Subject Classification I.2.11 Distributed Artificial Intelligence
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