Engineering social order

Abstract

Social Order becomes a major problem in MAS and in computer mediated human interaction. After explaining the notions of Social Order and Social Control, I claim that there are multiple and complementary approaches to Social Order and to its engineering: All of them must be exploited. In computer science one try to solve this problem by rigid formalisation and rules, constraining infrastructures, security devices, etc. I think that a more socially oriented approach is also needed. My point is that Social Control . and in particular decentralised and autonomous Social Control . will be one of the most effective approaches. © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2000.