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Automatic Resolution of Normative Conflicts in Supportive Technology Based on User Values

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Social commitments (SCs) provide a flexible, norm-based, governance structure for sharing and receiving data. However, users of data sharing applications can subscribe to multiple SCs, possibly producing opposing sharing and receiving requirements. We propose resolving such conflicts automatically through a conflict resolution model based on relevant user values such as privacy and safety. The model predicts a user’s preferred resolution by choosing the commitment that best supports the user’s values. We show through an empirical user study (n = 396) that values, as well as recency and norm type, significantly improve a system’s ability to predict user preference in location sharing conflicts.

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          ACM Transactions on Internet Technology  Volume 18, Issue 4
          Special Issue on Computational Ethics and Accountability, Special Issue on Economics of Security and Privacy and Regular Papers
          November 2018
          348 pages
          ISSN:1533-5399
          EISSN:1557-6051
          DOI:10.1145/3210373
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          • Published: 25 May 2018
          • Accepted: 1 November 2017
          • Revised: 1 August 2017
          • Received: 1 November 2016
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