Fair decomposition of group obligations

Alechina, Natasha, van der Hoek, Wiebe ORCID: 0000-0003-0721-0310 and Logan, Brian (2017) Fair decomposition of group obligations JOURNAL OF LOGIC AND COMPUTATION, 27 (7). pp. 2043-2062. ISSN 0955-792X, 1465-363X

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Abstract

We consider the problem of decomposing a group norm into a set of individual obligations for the agents comprising the group, such that if the individual obligations are fulfilled, the group obligation is fulfilled. Such an assignment of tasks to agents is often subject to additional social or organizational norms that specify permissible ways in which tasks can be assigned. An important role of social norms is that they can be used to impose 'fairness constraints', which seek to distribute individual responsibility for discharging the group norm in a 'fair' or 'equitable' way. We propose a simple language for this kind of fairness constraints and analyse the problem of computing a fair decomposition of a group obligation, both for non-repeating and for repeating group obligations.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Multi-agent systems, group obligations, group norms, effectiveness, fairness, minimality of norms
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	28 Feb 2017 09:34
Last Modified:	16 Jun 2026 04:52
DOI:	10.1093/logcom/exx012
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URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3006092
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