title: A review of norms and normative multiagent systems.
abstract: Norms and normative multiagent systems have become the subjects of interest for many researchers. Such interest is caused by the need for agents to exploit the norms in enhancing their performance in a community. The term norm is used to characterize the behaviours of community members. The concept of normative multiagent systems is used to facilitate collaboration and coordination among social groups of agents. Many researches have been conducted on norms that investigate the fundamental concepts, definitions, classification, and types of norms and normative multiagent systems including normative architectures and normative processes. However, very few researches have been found to comprehensively study and analyze the literature in advancing the current state of norms and normative multiagent systems. Consequently, this paper attempts to present the current state of research on norms and normative multiagent systems and propose a norm's life cycle model based on the review of the literature. Subsequently, this paper highlights the significant areas for future work.
authors.affiliation: College of Information Technology, Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Jalan IKRAM-UNITEN, 43000 Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia.
authors.forename: Moamin A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Mahmoud
authors.affiliation: College of Information Technology, Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Jalan IKRAM-UNITEN, 43000 Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia.
authors.forename: Mohd Sharifuddin
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Ahmad
authors.affiliation: College of Information Technology, Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Jalan IKRAM-UNITEN, 43000 Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia.
authors.forename: Mohd Zaliman Mohd
authors.identifier: 0000-0001-6027-4300
authors.initials: MZ
authors.lastname: Yusoff
authors.affiliation: Department of Software Engineering, Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Parit Raja, 86400 Batu Pahat, Johor, Malaysia.
authors.forename: Aida
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mustapha
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D066262:Social Norms
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