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In the context of engineering cloud computing applications for enterprise management, we want to represent a theory of institutions and role assignment in terms of a formal specification of rule-based action and agency. We consider how a tripartite distinction of institutional rules, as either constitutional-, collective- and operational-choice rules, can be mapped to a protocol stack for dynamic specifications. The mapping is illustrated with a specification and animation of changeable role assignment protocols, in which both institutional rules and institutional change are given a uniform and integrated specification in a formal action language. This shows how institutionalised principles of collective action can be transformed into runtime rule-based reasoning for self-organisation of ‘institutional clouds’ for enterprise management.
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Pitt, J., Schaumeier, J., Artikis, A. (2011). Role Assignment in Institutional Clouds for Rule-Based Enterprise Management. In: Olken, F., Palmirani, M., Sottara, D. (eds) Rule-Based Modeling and Computing on the Semantic Web. RuleML 2011. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 7018. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-24908-2_26
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