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Regulating agents in a factory 4.0
The motivating scenario
MAS4Factory4.0 is a physical and virtual digital factory and a cooperative space where companies, researchers and student engineers work together. In such cooperative, there are robotic agents that use and control plug-in tools to produce parts.
Recently, they have integrated a HMAS in MAS4Factory4.0, nammed HMAS4Factory.
This allows to robotic agents to know how to use tools but also it is a way to regulate agents to be sure they follow the safety rules. For instance, a safety rule is to stop the machining if a human is within one meter of the machining tool.
If an agent does not follow the safety rules, it must be prevented from using the tools and must be expelled from the system.
Informal competency questions
The list of covered features as informal competency questions :
- How to describe the safety rules : what is permitted, forbidden, or obligatory ?
- How to describe and detect the violation of a safety rule ?
- How to describe and apply sanctions?
A glossary of new terms
List of new terms introduced by the motivating scenario :
norm : A norm is a standard for evaluating or making judgments about behavior or outcomes**obligation : what compels an agent to give, to do or not to do something- ...
Link to query the related issues
Name of the file : regulating-agents-in-a-factory.md
Regulation of agents and platforms
The existence of norms, and laws in society allow to facilitate interactions between people. In Multi-Agent Systems it allows to regulate bad interactions. This motivating scenario allows to bring in HypermediaMASPlatform a way for building norms and laws so that HyperAgents understand these rules for interacting with other agents.
A short description
Norms and laws are explicitely considered in a hMAS. Thus, one agent needs to understand these norms to know if it is allowed to perform or not an action but also must know the sanctions when they are violated. In case of violations of norms, sanctions have to be applied.
Covered features
This motivating scenario aims to allow HyperAgents to:
A set of examples
The following example present the features.
1) Feature : know the norms
Fabiana Gordana (@j) needs high-dose aspirin (more than 500 mg per day) because she has a terrible headache since she got pregnant.
She connects to an online platform for medical products (UbarDrugSTORE) because she really doesn't have the strength to go into town.
Furthermore, she needs the drugs as soon as possible. UbarMedicament provides a home delivery service with a medical emergency option.
She logs in to the site with her login and password.
She sees the site interface and goes to the products for sale tab and the non-morphine analgesics category.
She orders 10 boxes of 50 tablets. However, the agent in charge of sending the order needs to check the requirements to send that order to the logistics department.
Some information in Fabiana's profile are required (e.g. is she pregnant?).
Then the agent sends a small form back to Fabiana to complete that information.
Fabiana completes this form and states that she is pregnant.
Although it is permitted to send this type of product, it is strongly discouraged to consume more than 500 mg per day.
The agent therefore needs to ask the estimated daily consumption.
Fabiana completes a new form giving information that she will be taking more than 500mg per day.
However even if it is highly not recommended to provide such products, it is not forbidden.
The agent returns to Fabiana some arguments to not take the products.
In the web interface Fabiana sees the answer which is : since (arguments) "Fabiana is pregnant", "Aspirin is dangerous for pregnant women when we consumed it more than 500 mg per day", then (result) it is highly not recommended.
However, Fabiana is very stubborn and places the order.
2) Feature : detect violation of a rule
Fabiana Gordana (@j) is browsing on the web page of UbarDrugSTORE.
She sees an advertisement for an anti-aging pill with extraordinary effects.
These pills promise you a complete cell regeneration, giving you back your youthful skin.
Since her 30th birthday, Fabiana has been dreaming of getting her baby skin back.
She orders 10 packs of 50 pills.
No rules and no recommandation for not using the product were applied for the case of Fabiana.
Thus, Fabiana was allowed to buy and receive her pills.
However, the site strictly prohibits the sale of products whose effects have not been clinically proven.
The anti-aging pills have not been clinically proven according to an update of the database of the High Authority for Health.
But the supplier lied and confirmed that the product was clinically proven.
Derogating from this rule means a total ban of the supplier. (punishment)
All users who purchased this product are notified to return their products.
3) Feature : apply sanctions
According to the law in France (Article R. 5125-74 of the Public Health Code), to distribute medicines, the UbarDrugSTORE platform must be on the list of pharmacy websites provided by the national order of pharmacists. (regulationOfInternetPlatforms)
Each supplier of UbarDrugSTORE must be either : a pharmacist established in France who is holder of a pharmacy, a pharmacist managing a mutualist pharmacy or an emergency mining pharmacy.
However the supplier that provided drugs to Fabiana was an ex-Pharcamist who ceased his activity several years ago.
The cessation of activity of the pharmacy therefore entails the closure of its account.
The High Health Authority has been notified of this fraud and decided to sanction UbarDrugStore for its negligence.
The informed Ministry of Health ordered UbarDrugSTORE not to sell any more medicines until all suppliers on the platform had certified all information on their profile.
A glossary of new terms
List of new terms introduced by the motivating scenario :
Competency questions
Formal description
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