in normative multi-agent systems
(NorMAS) have progressed from norm representation towards
investigation of mechanisms in social sciences to support for
agents’ tasks in open multi-agent systems (open-MAS) settings.
Open-MAS characteristics pose new challenges in regulating and
coordinating agents’ behavior. Norms are no longer assumed to
be built into agents during design time, but emerged from
interactions with other agents. These developments entail the
needs to discover other factors that influence agents’ reasoning
and decision-making for norms execution in open systems. In this
paper, we explore and review the general concepts of norms in
normative multi-agent systems, its classifications and life cycles.
We then discuss and propose norm’s trust as an important factor
which influences an agent’s norms compliance behavior and
norms stability in normative multi-agent systems