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A Normative Framework for Agent-Based Systems [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
One of the key issues in the computational representation of open societies relates to the introduction of norms that help to cope with the heterogeneity, the autonomy and the diversity of interests among their members.
Luck, Michael   +8 more
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Contract Formation through Preemptive Normative Conflict Resolution [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
We explore a rule-based formalisation for contracts: the rules capture conditional norms, that is, they describe situations arising during the enactment of a multi-agent system, and norms that arise from these situations.
Norman, Timothy J.   +2 more
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The Bergman norm and the Szegő norm [PDF]

open access: yesTransactions of the American Mathematical Society, 1979
Let G denote an arbitrary bounded regular region in the plane and H 2
openaire   +1 more source

Vladimir Putin, Twenty Years On: Russia’s Foreign Policy

open access: yesVestnik RUDN. International Relations, 2020
This article touches upon the main dynamics in Russian foreign policy since Vladimir Putin came to power in 2000. Following a Constructivist approach to the analysis of foreign policy, the article positions this study at the intersection of domestic ...
Maria Raquel Freire
doaj   +1 more source

Doing things by halves: on intermediary global institutional proposals

open access: yesEthics & Global Politics, 2016
Various cosmopolitan theorists offer global institutional prescriptions intended to be understood as residing conceptually between a system of separate domestic states and a federal world state.
Luke Ulaş
doaj   +1 more source

Analysis of Zakat Management with Institutional Isomorphic Theorizing Approach

open access: yesJournal of Islamic Economics and Finance Studies, 2023
The potential of zakat in East Java is significant, reaching Rp547.4 billion. However, the collection results of ZIS by Baznas of East Java, both collected by Baznas at the provincial level and in districts/cities in East Java in 2021, only reached Rp122
Mufti Afif   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Polynomial Norms [PDF]

open access: yesSIAM Journal on Optimization, 2019
In this paper, we study polynomial norms, i.e. norms that are the $d^{\text{th}}$ root of a degree-$d$ homogeneous polynomial $f$. We first show that a necessary and sufficient condition for $f^{1/d}$ to be a norm is for $f$ to be strictly convex, or equivalently, convex and positive definite.
Amir Ali Ahmadi   +2 more
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Normative benchmarks are useful for studying individual differences in reasoning [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
We applaud many aspects of Elqayam & Evans' (E&E's) call for a descriptivist research programme in studying reasoning. Nevertheless, we contend that normative benchmarks are vital for understanding individual differences in performance. We argue that the
Stupple, Edward J. N.   +5 more
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Ideal and nonideal theory: A conceptual overview [PDF]

open access: yesFilozofija i Društvo, 2013
The article gives conceptual clarification on a distinction between ideal and nonideal theory by analyzing John Rawls´ theory as presented in his books “A Theory of Justice” and ”The Law of Peoples.“ The article tries to show the importance of ideal ...
Trifunović Milica
doaj   +1 more source

“It” And Personhood in African Philosophy

open access: yesArụmarụka, 2023
The question of the nature of “it” and the progression1 from “it” to an “it” in Ifeanyi Menkiti’s normative conception of a person has created divisions amongst philosophers in African philosophy.
Mutshidzi MARAGANEDZHA
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