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Dignum, M.V. (author), Baldoni, Matteo (author), Baroglio, Cristina (author), Caon, Maurizio (author), Chatila, Raja (author), Dennis, Louise (author), Génova, Gonzalo (author), Kließ, M.S. (author), de Wildt, T.E. (author)Ethics by Design concerns the methods, algorithms and tools needed to endow autonomous agents with the capability to reason about the ethical aspects of their decisions, and the methods, tools and formalisms to guarantee that an agent's behavior remains within given moral bounds. In this context some questions arise: How and to what extent...conference paper 2018
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King, T.C. (author), De Vos, Marina (author), Dignum, M.V. (author), Jonker, C.M. (author), Li, Tingting (author), Padget, Julian (author), van Riemsdijk, M.B. (author)An institution typically comprises constitutive rules, which give shape and meaning to social interactions and regulative rules, which prescribe agent behaviour in the society. Regulative rules guide social interaction, in particular when they are coupled with reward and punishment regulations that are enforced for (non-)compliance. Institution...journal article 2017
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Dignum, M.V. (author)<br/>review 2017
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Dignum, M. (author), Correljé, A. (author), Groenleer, Martijn (author), Scholten, D.J. (author)In 2010 an initiative was launched to realize a competitive single EU market for natural gas through the use of a future vision. This Gas Target Model (GTM) aimed to provide direction for concrete market development through regulatory structures as well as an overarching scope of what a functioning gas market would entail. This paper assesses...journal article 2017
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Pigmans, K.A.M. (author), Aldewereld, Huib (author), Dignum, V (author), Doorn, N. (author)Decision-making processes involving multiple stakeholders can be rather cumbersome, turbulent and lengthy. The stance of some stakeholders, upholding their individual interests, can slowdown or even block such processes. Recent research suggests that a focus on the values of the stakeholders could benefit those decision-making processes. However...conference paper 2017
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Pigmans, K.A.M. (author), Aldewereld, Huib (author), Doorn, N. (author), Dignum, V (author)Decision-making processes in policy making with multiple-stakeholders can be complex because of the technically advanced systems that are decided upon, e.g. water management systems. But the complexity is often also caused by social dependencies and interests at stake. This can lead to processes in which stakeholders firmly defend their...conference paper 2016
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King, T.W. (author), Dignum, M.V. (author), Jonker, C.M. (author)Institutions regulate societies. Comprising Searle's constitutive counts-as rules, "A counts-as B in context C", an institution ascribes from brute and institutional facts (As), a social reality comprising institutional facts (Bs) conditional on the social reality (contexts Cs). When brute facts change an institution evolves from one social...conference paper 2016
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Verdiesen, E.P. (author), Dignum, M.V. (author), van den Hoven, M.J. (author), Cligge, Martijn (author), Timmermans, Jan (author), Segers, Lennard (author)Nowadays, public debates often take place on social media platforms like Facebook or Twitter and can be characterized as asynchronous, protracted and ill-structured. The Massive Open Online Deliberation (MOOD) platform aims to structure these debates. Essential is that the platform can differentiate between the moral acceptability and the social...conference paper 2016
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Aldewereld, H.M. (author), Dignum, V (author), Vasconcelos, W (author)Normative multi-agent systems offer the ability to integrate social and individual factors to provide increased levels of fidelity with respect to modelling social phenomena, such as cooperation, coordination, group decision making, and organization, in both human and artificial agent systems. An important open research issue refers to group...journal article 2016
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Dignum, V. (author), Aldewereld, H.M. (author), Vasconcelos, W. (author)Norms have been used to represent desirable behaviours that software agents should exhibit in sophisticated multi-agent solutions. An important open research issue refers to group norms, i.e. norms that govern groups of agents. Depending on the interpretation, group norms may be intended to affect the group as a whole, each member of a group, or...conference paper 2015
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Van Bueren, E.M. (author), Dignum, M. (author), Steenhuisen, B.M. (author)This paper offers insights into the expected performance of Sustainable Energy Action Plans (SEAPs) as a policy instrument, a local energy vision initiated by the EU and used by municipalities across Europe. How are SEAPs aiming to contribute to the process of local energy transition and how can their performance be improved? The text of thirty...conference paper 2015
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King, T.C. (author), Van Riemsdijk, M.B. (author), Dignum, V. (author), Jonker, C.M. (author)This paper deals with the problem of automating the contribution of resources owned by people to do work for others, whilst providing a means for owners of resources to maintain autonomy over how, when and to whom their resources are used with the specification of resource use policies. We give representations of requests for resource usage as a...book chapter 2015
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Dignum, M. (author), Correlje, A.F. (author), Cuppen, E.H.W.J. (author), Pesch, U. (author), Taebi, B. (author)The introduction of new energy technologies may lead to public resistance and contestation. It is often argued that this phenomenon is caused by an inadequate inclusion of relevant public values in the design of technology. In this paper we examine the applicability of the value sensitive design (VSD) approach. While VSD was primarily introduced...journal article 2015
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- Dignum, M. (author), Groenleer, M.L.P. (author), Correlje, A.F. (author) conference paper 2015
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- Cuppen, E.H.W.J. (author), Correlje, A.F. (author), Dignum, M. (author), Pesch, U. (author), Taebi, B. (author), Remmerswaal, S. (author) conference paper 2014
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Hesan, R. (author), Ghorbani, A. (author), Dignum, M.V. (author)In system dynamics modeling, differential equations have been used as the basic mathematical operator. Using difference equation to build system dynamics models instead of differential equation, can be insightful for studying small organizations or systems with micro behavior. In this paper we explain how we can use difference equations to build...conference paper 2014
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Govender, I. (author), Govender, D. (author), Havenga, M. (author), Mentz, E. (author), Breed, B. (author), Dignum, F. (author), Dignum, V. (author)The difficulty of learning to program has long been identified amongst novices. This study explored the benefits of teaching a problem solving strategy by comparing students’ perceptions and attitudes towards problem solving before and after the strategy was implemented in secondary schools. Based on self-efficacy theory, students’ problem...journal article 2014
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Dignum, V. (author), Jonker, C.M. (author), Prada, R. (author), Dignum, F. (author)Socially intelligent systems exhibit, understand, and reason about social behavior, in order to support people in their daily lives. We claim that a fundamental new approach based on social concepts is needed to build these socially intelligent systems. In this paper, we explore how the concepts of social practices and social identities can be...conference paper 2014