Organizational structure and responsibility : An analysis in a dynamic logic of organized collective agency

Artificial Intelligence and Law

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 223-249

  Grossi, Davide ^a   Royakkers, Lambèr ^b   Dignum, Frank ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Deontic logic; Multi agent systems; Organizational structure; Responsibility

Indexed keywords

INTELLIGENT AGENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEMANTICS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

DEONTIC LOGICS; ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURES;

KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING;

EID: 34547830242     PISSN: 09248463     EISSN: 15728382     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10506-007-9054-0     Document Type: Article

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