UncerTax: Uncertainty Taxonomy

This repository contains an uncertainty taxonomy for self-adaptive robotics, presented in the following research works.

📄 Related Research

• Hassan Sartaj, Jalil Boudjadar, Mirgita Frasheri, Shaukat Ali, and Peter Gorm Larsen, "Identifying Uncertainty in Self-Adaptive Robotics with Large Language Models", IEEE Software, vol. 43, no. 1, pp. 89-97, Jan.-Feb. 2026, DOI: 10.1109/MS.2025.3620578. Publication Link
• Hassan Sartaj, Jalil Boudjadar, Mirgita Frasheri, Shaukat Ali, and Peter Gorm Larsen, "Human-in-the-Loop Uncertainty Analysis in Self-Adaptive Robots Using LLMs", 2026. Submitted to IEEE Software and currently under review. arXiv Link

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📂 Accessing the Taxonomy

You can explore the taxonomy in two primary formats:

• Interactive Web Page: A web-based interface for dynamic exploration of taxonomy elements and their relationships.
• PDF Version: A tabular version of the taxonomy for offline reference and documentation.

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📜 Citation

If you use UncerTax in your research, please cite our works:

@article{Sartaj2026Uncertainty,
  author={Sartaj, Hassan and Boudjadar, Jalil and Frasheri, Mirgita and Ali, Shaukat and Larsen, Peter Gorm},
  journal={IEEE Software}, 
  title={Identifying Uncertainty in Self-Adaptive Robotics with Large Language Models}, 
  year={2026},
  volume={43},
  number={1},
  pages={89-97},
  doi={10.1109/MS.2025.3620578},
  month={Jan.-Feb.}
}


@misc{Sartaj2026Humanintheloop,
      title={Human-in-the-Loop Uncertainty Analysis in Self-Adaptive Robots Using LLMs}, 
      author={Hassan Sartaj and Jalil Boudjadar and Mirgita Frasheri and Shaukat Ali and Peter Gorm Larsen},
      year={2026},
      eprint={2605.02983},
      archivePrefix={arXiv},
      primaryClass={cs.RO},
      url={https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.02983}, 
}