Shared Knowledge and Interpretation of Norms in Multi-Agent Systems

In multi-agent systems, norms are usually considered rules that can be violated by agents. The reasons for norm violation are usually bounded to agents utility evaluation gain versus possible fee but with our proposal we depict a scenario in which norms are open or vague. Agent’s can interpret norms in different ways, according to their knowledge but also according with their own interpretation theory of general concepts, norm goal, etc. The rest of the paper is organized as follows. In Section 2, we introduce our methodology, Section 3 shows the features of norms as social objects. In Section 4, we discuss the ontological status of norms and their interpretation process. Finally in Section 5 we present some final remarks.