Towards a Taxonomy of Autonomous Systems

Stefan Kugele; Ana Petrovska; Ilias Gerostathopoulos

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Towards a Taxonomy of Autonomous Systems

Stefan Kugele^*, Ana Petrovska, Ilias Gerostathopoulos

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In this paper, we present a precise and yet concise characterisation of autonomous systems. To the best of our knowledge, there is no similar work, which through a mathematical definition of terms provides a foundation for describing the systems of the future: autonomous software-intensive systems and their architectures. Such systems include robotic taxi as an example of 2D mobility, or even drone/UAV taxi, as an example in the field of 3D urban air mobility. The presented terms lead to a four-level taxonomy. We describe informally and formally the taxonomy levels and exemplarily compare them to the degrees of automation as previously proposed by the SAE J3016 automotive standard.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Software Architecture
Subtitle of host publication	15th European Conference, ECSA 2021, Virtual Event, Sweden, September 13-17, 2021, Proceedings
Editors	Stefan Biffl, Elena Navarro, Welf Lowe, Marjan Sirjani, Raffaela Mirandola, Danny Weyns, Danny Weyns
Publisher	Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages	37-45
Number of pages	9
ISBN (Electronic)	9783030860448
ISBN (Print)	9783030860431
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-86044-8_3
Publication status	Published - 2021
Event	15th European Conference on Software Architecture, ECSA 2021 - Virtual, Online Duration: 13 Sept 2021 → 17 Sept 2021

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Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume	12857 LNCS
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

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Conference	15th European Conference on Software Architecture, ECSA 2021
City	Virtual, Online
Period	13/09/21 → 17/09/21

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Architecture
Autonomous systems
Taxonomy

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Kugele, S., Petrovska, A., & Gerostathopoulos, I. (2021). Towards a Taxonomy of Autonomous Systems. In S. Biffl, E. Navarro, W. Lowe, M. Sirjani, R. Mirandola, D. Weyns, & D. Weyns (Eds.), Software Architecture: 15th European Conference, ECSA 2021, Virtual Event, Sweden, September 13-17, 2021, Proceedings (pp. 37-45). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 12857 LNCS). Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-86044-8_3

Kugele, Stefan ; Petrovska, Ana ; Gerostathopoulos, Ilias. / Towards a Taxonomy of Autonomous Systems. Software Architecture: 15th European Conference, ECSA 2021, Virtual Event, Sweden, September 13-17, 2021, Proceedings. editor / Stefan Biffl ; Elena Navarro ; Welf Lowe ; Marjan Sirjani ; Raffaela Mirandola ; Danny Weyns ; Danny Weyns. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2021. pp. 37-45 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)).

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Kugele, S, Petrovska, A & Gerostathopoulos, I 2021, Towards a Taxonomy of Autonomous Systems. in S Biffl, E Navarro, W Lowe, M Sirjani, R Mirandola, D Weyns & D Weyns (eds), Software Architecture: 15th European Conference, ECSA 2021, Virtual Event, Sweden, September 13-17, 2021, Proceedings. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), vol. 12857 LNCS, Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, pp. 37-45, 15th European Conference on Software Architecture, ECSA 2021, Virtual, Online, 13/09/21. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-86044-8_3

Towards a Taxonomy of Autonomous Systems. / Kugele, Stefan; Petrovska, Ana; Gerostathopoulos, Ilias.
Software Architecture: 15th European Conference, ECSA 2021, Virtual Event, Sweden, September 13-17, 2021, Proceedings. ed. / Stefan Biffl; Elena Navarro; Welf Lowe; Marjan Sirjani; Raffaela Mirandola; Danny Weyns; Danny Weyns. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2021. p. 37-45 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 12857 LNCS).

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Kugele S, Petrovska A, Gerostathopoulos I. Towards a Taxonomy of Autonomous Systems. In Biffl S, Navarro E, Lowe W, Sirjani M, Mirandola R, Weyns D, Weyns D, editors, Software Architecture: 15th European Conference, ECSA 2021, Virtual Event, Sweden, September 13-17, 2021, Proceedings. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH. 2021. p. 37-45. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)). Epub 2021 Aug 26. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-86044-8_3

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