Deontic Logic in Computer Science: 11th International Conference, DEON 2012, Bergen, Norway, July 16-18, 2012. Proceedings

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This volume presents the refereed proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Deontic Logic in Computer Science, DEON 2012, held in Bergen, Norway, in July 2012. The 14 revised papers included in the volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 29 submissions. Topics covered include logical study of normative reasoning, formal analysis of normative concepts and normative systems, formal specification of aspects of norm-governed multi-agent systems and autonomous agents, normative aspects of protocols for communication, negotiation and multi-agent decision making, formal representation of legal knowledge, formal specification of normative systems for the management of bureaucratic processes in public or private administration, and applications of normative logic to the specification of database integrity constraints. Front Matter....Pages - Causality in the Context of Multiple Agents....Pages 1-15 Visualizing Normative Systems: An Abstract Approach....Pages 16-30 Agreements as Norms....Pages 31-45 Possible World Semantics for Defeasible Deontic Logic....Pages 46-60 An Embedding of Input-Output Logic in Deontic Logic Programs....Pages 61-75 Sanction Semantics and Contrary-to-Duty Obligations....Pages 76-90 Temporal Deontic Logic for the Generalised Chisholm Set of Contrary to Duty Obligations....Pages 91-107 On the Logical Foundations of Moral Agency....Pages 108-122 Norms and Learning in Probabilistic Logic-Based Agents....Pages 123-138 The Logic of Obligation as Weakest Permission....Pages 139-150 An Andersonian Deontic Logic with Contextualized Sanctions....Pages 151-169 A Computationally Grounded Dynamic Logic of Agency, with an Application to Legal Actions....Pages 170-183 A Deontic Action Logic with Sequential Composition of Actions....Pages 184-198 Discussion Paper: Changing Norms Is Changing Obligation Change....Pages 199-214 Back Matter....Pages -