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Normative Industrial Symbiotic Networks: A Position Paper

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Multi-Agent Systems and Agreement Technologies (EUMAS 2016, AT 2016)

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In this paper, we introduce a normative, multi-agent perspective on the field of industrial symbiosis research and propose normative institutions as a key technology for operating Industrial Symbiotic Networks (ISNs), both as a framework to represent and reason about dynamic behaviour of ISNs and as a platform for design and maintenance of such networks. We discuss the requirements of normative agent-based frameworks for ISNs with respect to agent interactions, joint commitments, and the organisation to monitor interactions in ISNs.

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    This scenario is adapted from an ISN located at Ulsan, South Korea [18].

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    In this paper, we simplify industrial firms and represent any industry as a single industrial agent. I.e., we dismiss the decision-making processes within each firm and focus on the interactions amongst industries.

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This research is funded by European Union’s Horizon 2020 programme under grant agreement No. 680843.

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    Vahid Yazdanpanah, Devrim Murat Yazan & W. Henk M. Zijm

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Yazdanpanah, V., Yazan, D.M., Zijm, W.H.M. (2017). Normative Industrial Symbiotic Networks: A Position Paper. In: Criado Pacheco, N., Carrascosa, C., Osman, N., Julián Inglada, V. (eds) Multi-Agent Systems and Agreement Technologies. EUMAS AT 2016 2016. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 10207. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-59294-7_26

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