%PDF-1.6
%
1 0 obj
<><><>]/OFF[]/Order[]/RBGroups[]>>/OCGs[6 0 R]>>/Pages 3 0 R/StructTreeRoot 7 0 R/Type/Catalog>>
endobj
5 0 obj
<>/Font<>>>/Fields[]>>
endobj
2 0 obj
<>stream
2013-07-15T13:07:41+02:00
2013-07-15T13:07:41+02:00
2013-07-15T13:07:41+02:00
TeX
application/pdf
Social norms for self-policing multi-agent systems and virtual societies
Social norms are one of the mechanisms for decentralized societies to achieve coordination amongst individuals. Such norms are conflict resolution strategies that develop from the population interactions instead of a centralized entity dictating agent protocol. One of the most important characteristics of social norms is that they are imposed by the members of the society, and they are responsible for the fulfillment and defense of these norms. By allowing agents to manage (impose, abide by and defend) social norms, societies achieve a higher degree of freedom by lacking the necessity of authorities supervising all the interactions amongst agents. In this thesis we approach social norms as a malleable concept, understanding norms as dynamic and dependent on environmental situations and agents’ goals. By integrating agents with the necessary mechanisms to handle this concept of norm, we have obtained an agent architecture able to self-police its behavior according to the social and environmental circumstances in which is located. First of all, we have grounded the difference between conventions and essential norms from a game-theoretical perspective. This difference is essential as they favor coordination in games with different characteristics. With respect to conventions, we have analyzed the search space of the emergence of conventions when approached with social learning. The exploration took us to discover the existence of Self-Reinforcing Structures that delay the emergence of global conventions. In order to dissolve and accelerate the emergence of conventions, we have designed socially inspired mechanisms (rewiring and observation) available to agents to use them by accessing local information. The usage of these social instruments represent a robust solution to the problem of convention emergence, specially in complex networks (like the scale-free). On the other hand, for essential norms, we have focused on the “Emergence of Cooperation” problem, as it conta
Villatoro Segura
uuid:b4272e7b-9b6c-0c47-b2e4-97edd8dc72d7
uuid:f485ffdc-fbdb-ef46-b00a-669e73e9029f
pdfTeX-1.40.12
endstream
endobj
3 0 obj
<>
endobj
7 0 obj
<>
endobj
13 0 obj
<>
endobj
14 0 obj
<>
endobj
15 0 obj
<>
endobj
16 0 obj
<>
endobj
17 0 obj
<>
endobj
18 0 obj
<>
endobj
19 0 obj
<>
endobj
20 0 obj
<>
endobj
21 0 obj
<>
endobj
22 0 obj
<>
endobj
23 0 obj
<>
endobj
24 0 obj
<>
endobj
25 0 obj
<>
endobj
26 0 obj
<>
endobj
27 0 obj
<>
endobj
28 0 obj
<>
endobj
29 0 obj
<>
endobj
30 0 obj
<>
endobj
31 0 obj
<>
endobj
32 0 obj
<>
endobj
33 0 obj
<>
endobj
34 0 obj
<>
endobj
35 0 obj
<>
endobj
36 0 obj
<>
endobj
37 0 obj
<>
endobj
38 0 obj
<>
endobj
39 0 obj
<>
endobj
40 0 obj
<>
endobj
41 0 obj
<>
endobj
42 0 obj
<>
endobj
43 0 obj
<>
endobj
44 0 obj
<>
endobj
45 0 obj
<>
endobj
46 0 obj
<>
endobj
47 0 obj
<>
endobj
48 0 obj
<>
endobj
49 0 obj
<>
endobj
50 0 obj
<>
endobj
51 0 obj
<>
endobj
52 0 obj
<>
endobj
53 0 obj
<>
endobj
54 0 obj
<>
endobj
55 0 obj
<>
endobj
56 0 obj
<>
endobj
57 0 obj
<>
endobj
58 0 obj
<>
endobj
59 0 obj
<>
endobj
60 0 obj
<>
endobj
61 0 obj
<>
endobj
62 0 obj
<>
endobj
63 0 obj
<>
endobj
64 0 obj
<>
endobj
65 0 obj
<>
endobj
66 0 obj
<>
endobj
67 0 obj
<>
endobj
68 0 obj
<>
endobj
69 0 obj
<>
endobj
70 0 obj
<>
endobj
71 0 obj
<>
endobj
72 0 obj
<>
endobj
73 0 obj
<>
endobj
74 0 obj
<>
endobj
75 0 obj
<>
endobj
76 0 obj
<>
endobj
77 0 obj
<>
endobj
78 0 obj
<>
endobj
79 0 obj
<>
endobj
80 0 obj
<>
endobj
81 0 obj
<>
endobj
82 0 obj
<>
endobj
83 0 obj
<>
endobj
84 0 obj
<>
endobj
85 0 obj
<>
endobj
86 0 obj
<>
endobj
87 0 obj
<>
endobj
88 0 obj
<>
endobj
89 0 obj
<>
endobj
90 0 obj
<>
endobj
91 0 obj
<>
endobj
92 0 obj
<>
endobj
93 0 obj
<>
endobj
94 0 obj
<>
endobj
95 0 obj
<>
endobj
96 0 obj
<>
endobj
97 0 obj
<>
endobj
98 0 obj
<>
endobj
11 0 obj
<>
endobj
12 0 obj
<>
endobj
108 0 obj
<>/Font<>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text]/XObject<>>>/Rotate 0/Type/Page>>
endobj
109 0 obj
<>/Font<>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text]/XObject<>>>/Rotate 0/Type/Page>>
endobj
110 0 obj
<>/Font<>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text]/XObject<>>>/Rotate 0/Type/Page>>
endobj
111 0 obj
<>/Font<>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text]/XObject<>>>/Rotate 0/Type/Page>>
endobj
112 0 obj
<>/Font<>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text]/XObject<>>>/Rotate 0/Type/Page>>
endobj
130 0 obj
<>stream
HT[ +xƀjܺVJ}h$!Xb3Gg>, wJ\f1Ne Yr0 1蛏%1dt|ZaP1y^Fj+Bߪ))'y2M</On
K#G3giޏngN*DSxXύ(#P-zM(ՠ+c
jR(4>ގF6}FvQl?ݘR\ܽC;#ӻs;Q_}@a⢖w.b̚\(>W(M+jJ^ߪJ;Xh8]HuoeP2{J0Bb<{_Gٽ{]bpf+0m}[ѶN[I)Zlvoʎ9'^[pw퇣][qD$Y /+
NӂfY}'JcmWJqV&$& zpcGZͳ# ho
endstream
endobj
132 0 obj
<>>>/Resources<>/Font<>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text]>>/Subtype/Form/Type/XObject>>stream
BT
/OC BMC
0.6 0.6 0.6 rg
/GS0 gs
/TT0 1 Tf
0 Tc 0 Tw 0 Ts 100 Tz 0 Tr 10 0 0 10 27.5 12 Tm
[(\251 CSIC \251 del autor o autores / T)113(odos los derechos reserv)23(ados)]TJ
EMC
ET
endstream
endobj
133 0 obj
<>
endobj
6 0 obj
<>/PageElement<>/Print<>/View<>>>>>
endobj
136 0 obj
<>
endobj
137 0 obj
<>
endobj
138 0 obj
<>stream
HLVlG]wuӵaM!<$$!D&1!hIEڊ(+>^AګB
RP+8wzr&T"?c;#RĢU
kނ-ݱ_G[/s|)'݃WW#Tv!拎}_^Gy-ԕB5, }{1ALvDICw-wn{5 UX!B|B91bsz`)ȥ^2mJݲ[èt# J@3054bHf0Øj7㰎G.c0'oN_e7
iy,F:lyxEw=x aU3Ĩ*
ђb|h