In the Netherlands, almost all people have dinner around 5:30pm. As a foreigner in that country, it is almost impossible to plan a (working) meeting around this time, which would be a `normal' time in many other countries. On the other hand, having dinner that early is not an obligation. No one will be o fended or would even care if you choose to eat later. This is an example of a shared strategy, i.e. an institutional arrangement where diff erent actors have the intention of performing the same task at a certain time or setting. InMAS research, shared strategies can be a new way of expressing conventions that cannot easily be fitted into norms, individual plans or collective intentions, while sharing some elements with all of these.
Links:
[1] http://www.iiia.csic.es/en/node/4783
[2] http://www.iiia.csic.es/en/individual/huib-aldewereld
[3] http://www.iiia.csic.es/en/individual/virginia-dignum
[4] http://www.iiia.csic.es/en/individual/pablo-noriega
[5] http://www.iiia.csic.es/en/publications/keyword/shared strategies
[6] http://www.iiia.csic.es/en/publications/keyword/norms
[7] http://www.iiia.csic.es/en/publications/keyword/multi-agent systems
[8] http://www.iiia.csic.es/en/publications/export/tagged/4781
[9] http://www.iiia.csic.es/en/publications/export/xml/4781
[10] http://www.iiia.csic.es/en/publications/export/bib/4781
[11] http://www.iiia.csic.es/en/project/at