Autonomous systems are able to make decisions and potentially take actions without direct human intervention, which requires some knowledge about the system and its environment as well as goal-oriented reasoning. In computer systems, one can derive such behavior from the concept of a rational agent with autonomy (“control over its own actions”), reactivity (“react to events from the environment”), proactivity (“act on its own initiative”), and sociality (“interact with other agents”) as fundamental properties [1] . Autonomous systems will undoubtedly pervade into our everyday lives, and we will find them in a variety of domains and applications including robotics, transportation, health care, communications, and entertainment to name a few. The articles in this month’s special issue cover concepts and fundamentals, architectures and techniques, and applications and case studies in the exciting area of self-awareness in autonomous systems.

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自治系统的自我意识

自治系统能够在没有直接人工干预的情况下做出决策并可能采取行动，这需要有关系统及其环境的一些知识以及面向目标的推理。在计算机系统中，人们可以从具有自主性（“控制自己的行为”）、反应性（“对来自环境的事件做出反应”）、主动性（“主动采取行动”）的理性代理的概念推导出这种行为和社会性（“与其他代理互动”）作为基本属性 [1]。自主系统无疑将渗透到我们的日常生活中，我们将在各种领域和应用中找到它们，包括机器人、交通、医疗保健、通信和娱乐等等。本月特刊中的文章涵盖概念和基础知识、架构和技术，