TY - JOUR
T1 - Petri Nets and Industrial Applications
T2 - A Tutorial
AU - Zurawski, Richard
AU - Zhou, Meng Chu
N1 - Funding Information:
Manuscript received Decemher 12, 1993; revised July 22, 1994. Partial financial support was given hy the Center for Manufacturing Systems at the New Jersey Institute of Technology. R. Zurawski is with Laboratory for Robotics k Intelligent Systems. Swiburne University of Technology, Melbourne. Vic. 3122. Australia. M. C . Zhou is with the Laboratory for Discrete Event Systems, Department of Elcctrical and Computer Engineering, New Jcrsey Institute of Technology. Newark, NJ 07102 USA. IEtE Log Number 9405099.
PY - 1994/12
Y1 - 1994/12
N2 - This is a tutorial paper on Petri nets. Petri nets, as a graphical and mathematical tool, provide a uniform environment for modelling, formal analysis, and design of discrete event systems. The main objective of this paper is to introduce the fundamental concepts of Petri nets to the researchers and practitioners, both from academia and industry, who are involved in the work in the areas of modelling and analysis of industrial types of systems, as well as those who may potentially be involved in these areas. The paper begins with an overview of applications of Petri nets, mostly industrial ones. Then, it proceeds with a description of Petri nets, properties, and analysis methods. The discussion of properties is put in the context of industrial applications. The analysis methods are illustrated using an example of a simple robotic assembly system. The performance analysis, using Petri nets, is discussed for deterministic and stochastic Petri nets. The presented techniques are illustrated by examples representing simple production systems. In addition, the paper introduces high-level Petri nets, fuzzy Petri nets, and temporal Petri nets. This is done in the context of application prospects. The paper also briefly discusses some of the reasons restricting the use of Petri nets, mostly, to academic institutions.
AB - This is a tutorial paper on Petri nets. Petri nets, as a graphical and mathematical tool, provide a uniform environment for modelling, formal analysis, and design of discrete event systems. The main objective of this paper is to introduce the fundamental concepts of Petri nets to the researchers and practitioners, both from academia and industry, who are involved in the work in the areas of modelling and analysis of industrial types of systems, as well as those who may potentially be involved in these areas. The paper begins with an overview of applications of Petri nets, mostly industrial ones. Then, it proceeds with a description of Petri nets, properties, and analysis methods. The discussion of properties is put in the context of industrial applications. The analysis methods are illustrated using an example of a simple robotic assembly system. The performance analysis, using Petri nets, is discussed for deterministic and stochastic Petri nets. The presented techniques are illustrated by examples representing simple production systems. In addition, the paper introduces high-level Petri nets, fuzzy Petri nets, and temporal Petri nets. This is done in the context of application prospects. The paper also briefly discusses some of the reasons restricting the use of Petri nets, mostly, to academic institutions.
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U2 - 10.1109/41.334574
DO - 10.1109/41.334574
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0028714917
SN - 0278-0046
VL - 41
SP - 567
EP - 583
JO - IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics
JF - IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics
IS - 6
ER -