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Hohfeld in cyberspace and other applications of normative reasoning in agent technology

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Two areas of importance for agents and multiagent systems are investigated: design of agent programming languages, and design of agent communication languages. The paper contributes in the above mentioned areas by demonstrating improved or novel applications for deontic logic and normative reasoning. Examples are taken from computer-supported cooperative work, and electronic commerce.

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  1. Department of Distributed Information Systems, SINTEF Telecom and Informatics, P.O. Box 124 Blindern, 0314, Oslo, Norway

    Christen Krogh

  2. Department of Philosophy, University of Oslo, Norway

    Henning Herrestad

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Krogh, C., Herrestad, H. Hohfeld in cyberspace and other applications of normative reasoning in agent technology. Artificial Intelligence and Law 7, 81–96 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1008367514393

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