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Robust norm emergence by revealing and reasoning about context: socially intelligent agents for enhancing privacy

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Pradeep K. Murukannaiah,

Munindar P. SinghAuthors Info & Claims

IJCAI'18: Proceedings of the 27th International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence

Pages 28 - 34

Published: 13 July 2018 Publication History

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Norms describe the social architecture of a society and govern the interactions of its member agents. It may be appropriate for an agent to deviate from a norm; the deviation being indicative of a specialized norm applying under a specific context. Existing approaches for norm emergence assume simplified interactions wherein deviations are negatively sanctioned. We investigate via simulation the benefits of enriched interactions where deviating agents share selected elements of their contexts. We find that as a result (1) the norms are learned better with fewer sanctions, indicating improved social cohesion; and (2) the agents are better able to satisfy their individual goals. These results are robust under societies of varying sizes and characteristics reflecting pragmatic, considerate, and selfish agents.

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IJCAI'18: Proceedings of the 27th International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence

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Ulusoy OYolum P(2021)PANOLA: A Personal Assistant for Supporting Users in Preserving PrivacyACM Transactions on Internet Technology10.1145/347118722:1(1-32)Online publication date: 14-Sep-2021
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3471187
Kalia AAjmeri NChan KCho JAdali SSingh M(2019)The interplay of emotions and norms in multiagent systemsProceedings of the 28th International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence10.5555/3367032.3367086(371-377)Online publication date: 10-Aug-2019
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.5555/3367032.3367086
Goyal SAjmeri NSingh MElkind EVeloso MAgmon NTaylor M(2019)Applying Norms and Sanctions to Promote Cybersecurity HygieneProceedings of the 18th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and MultiAgent Systems10.5555/3306127.3331987(1991-1993)Online publication date: 8-May-2019
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.5555/3306127.3331987

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