Deriving norms from actions, values, and context

Abstract

Personal technology such as electronic partners (e-partners) play an increasing role in our daily lives, and can make an important difference by supporting us in various ways. However, when they offer this support, it is important that they do so with an understanding of our choices and what is important to us. To allow an e-partner to flexibly do this, we propose a formal framework to automatically derive norms which describe how to perform a certain behavior. These norms are directly derived from the user's actions, values and the context they are in. In this way, the e-partner can take into account the user's values and offer more flexible personalized support.