The aim of this invited survey is to introduce Computer science/Petri nets specialists to the
basic system level issues brought up by the development of Flexible Manufacturing and how …

Petri nets enable a discrete event system of any kind whatsoever to be modeled. They
present two interesting characteristics. Firstly they make it possible to model and visualize …

Basically, a logic controller is a discrete-event system whose purpose is to control the
behavior of a process which is itself (seen by the controller as) a discrete-event system …

Page 1 FOCUS RISK MANAGEMENT AND DEPENDABILITY SERIES Systems
Dependability Assessment Modeling with Graphs and Finite State Automata Jean-François …

Petri Nets were defined for the study of discrete events systems and later extended for many
purposes including dependability assessment. In our knowledge, no book deals specifically …

A flow optimization method for control synthesis of flexible manufacturing systems modeled
by a class of controlled timed Petri nets is presented. A closed-loop control framework, which …

In this thesis a graphical language for sequential control is presented and its application to
batch control is examined and discussed. The name of the language is Grafchart. Its main …

The complexity of manufacturing systems makes it necessary to use adequate modelling
tools based on a hierarchical and modular approach which highlights the dependency …

This paper presents a systematic approach for the design and implementation of the
sequence controller in manufacturing systems. By employing the IDEF0, we construct the …

Basically, a logic controller is a discrete event system whose goal is to control the behaviour
of a process which is itself (seen as) a discrete event system, taking into account the State of …