A model of a hypertorus communication grid has been constructed in the form of an infinite Petri net. A grid cell represents either a packet switching device or a bioplast cell. A parametric expression is obtained to ...A model of a hypertorus communication grid has been constructed in the form of an infinite Petri net. A grid cell represents either a packet switching device or a bioplast cell. A parametric expression is obtained to allow a finite specification of an infinite Petri net. To prove properties of an ideal communication protocol, we derive an infinite Diophantine system of equations from it, which is subsequently solved. Then we present the programs htgen and ht-mcrl2-gen, developed in the C language, which generate Petri net and process algebra models of a hypertorus with a given number of dimensions and grid size. These are the inputs for the respective modeling tools Tina and mCRL2, which provide model visualization, step simulation, state space generation and reduction, and structural analysis techniques. Benchmarks to compare the two approaches are obtained. An ad-hoc induction-like technique on invariants,obtained for a series of generated models, allows the calculation of a solution of the Diophantine system in a parametric form.It is proven that the basic solutions of the infinite system have been found and that the infinite Petri net is bounded and conservative. Some remarks regarding liveness and liveness enforcing techniques are also presented.展开更多
This paper aims at providing an effective modeling methods for more and more mobile business applications. First a high level Petri nets method-Xml nets is introduced, which combines the advantage of Petri nets and XM...This paper aims at providing an effective modeling methods for more and more mobile business applications. First a high level Petri nets method-Xml nets is introduced, which combines the advantage of Petri nets and XML. Petri nets have strict mathematics and intuitionistic diagram ex- pression way, rich system describing means and system behavior analytical technology, and the re- lated powerful supporting tools. XML, as an extensible markup language, is already a information description de facto standard. XML nets could be utilized to model both the controlling flow and the data flow of mobile business process effectively, which consequently enables the analysis and optimi- zation of the mobile business processes and could be utilized to simulate the execution of the mobile business process with the Petri nets tools to improve the system execution efficiency. In this paper, to demonstrate the modeling of the controlling flow and data flow of mobile business process, an in- strument repair business case is modeled with XML nets.展开更多
To describe the dynamic semantics for the network computing, the concept on process is presented Based on the semantic model with variable, resource and relation. Accordingly, the formal definition of process and the ...To describe the dynamic semantics for the network computing, the concept on process is presented Based on the semantic model with variable, resource and relation. Accordingly, the formal definition of process and the mapping rules from the specification of Petri nets extension to process are discussed in detail respectively. Based on the collective concepts of process, the specification of dynamic semantics also is constructed as a net system. Finally, to illustrate process intuitively, an example is specified completely.展开更多
In order to provide a quantitative analysis and verification method for activity diagrams based business process modeling, a formal definition of activity diagrams is introduced. And the basic requirements for activit...In order to provide a quantitative analysis and verification method for activity diagrams based business process modeling, a formal definition of activity diagrams is introduced. And the basic requirements for activity diagrams based business process models are proposed. Furthermore, the standardized transformation technique between business process models and basic Petri nets is presented and the analysis method for the soundness and well-structured properties of business processes is introduced.展开更多
Civil aircraft maintenance process simulation model is an effective method for analyzing the maintainability of a civil aircraft. First, we present the Hierarchical Colored Timed Petri Nets for maintenance process mod...Civil aircraft maintenance process simulation model is an effective method for analyzing the maintainability of a civil aircraft. First, we present the Hierarchical Colored Timed Petri Nets for maintenance process modeling of civil aircraft. Then, we expound a general method of civil aircraft maintenance activities, determine the maintenance level for decomposition, and propose the methods of describing logic of relations between the maintenance activities based on Petri Net. Finally, a time Colored Petri multi-level network modeling and simulation procedures and steps are given with the maintenance example of the landing gear burst tire of a certain type of aircraft. The feasibility of the method is proved by the example.展开更多
The correctness of workflow models is one of the major challenges in context of workflow analysis. The aim of this paper is to provide an improved Petri net-based reduction approach for verifying the correctness of wo...The correctness of workflow models is one of the major challenges in context of workflow analysis. The aim of this paper is to provide an improved Petri net-based reduction approach for verifying the correctness of workflow models. To the end, how to represent well-behaved building blocks and control structures of business processes by Petri nets is given at first, and then how to build well-structured process nets is presented. According to the structural characteristics of well-structured process nets, a set of legacy reduction rules are improved and extended, and then a complete Petri-net-based verification approach is proposed. The sound ness and the complexity with polynomial time for the improved re duction method are also proven.展开更多
In order to guarantee the correctness of business processes, not only control-flow errors but also data-flow errors should be considered. The control-flow errors mainly focus on deadlock, livelock, soundness, and so o...In order to guarantee the correctness of business processes, not only control-flow errors but also data-flow errors should be considered. The control-flow errors mainly focus on deadlock, livelock, soundness, and so on. However, there are not too many methods for detecting data-flow errors. This paper defines Petri nets with data operations(PN-DO) that can model the operations on data such as read, write and delete. Based on PN-DO, we define some data-flow errors in this paper. We construct a reachability graph with data operations for each PN-DO, and then propose a method to reduce the reachability graph. Based on the reduced reachability graph, data-flow errors can be detected rapidly. A case study is given to illustrate the effectiveness of our methods.展开更多
Job planning (JP) systems shop oriented provide a basis for job shop scheduling and control in organizing short term production activities. This paper presents a method based on timed Petri net (TPN) method that is ...Job planning (JP) systems shop oriented provide a basis for job shop scheduling and control in organizing short term production activities. This paper presents a method based on timed Petri net (TPN) method that is used to program optimal JP for assembly shop. It includes three parts further. Firstly, an architecture of solutions to JP problems for any kind of shop oriented is presented to define a particular JP for a designated JP problem. Secondly, Petri net model is specified for aircraft part assembly processes. Finally, algorithms for optimizing generation of dynamic mechanism and a simulating case are then discussed. In comparison with traditional methods such as PERT or CPM, it is obviously convenient for planners or schedulers to schedule and manage assembly processes.展开更多
Nowadays, manufacturers are faced with severe challenges to response rapidly to changing demands and meet various customers’ needs with respect to production volume and product profile. Reconfigurable manufacturing p...Nowadays, manufacturers are faced with severe challenges to response rapidly to changing demands and meet various customers’ needs with respect to production volume and product profile. Reconfigurable manufacturing paradigm was proposed as an advanced manufacturing philosophy to enhance the adaptability and flexibility of manufacturing sys-tems. By physical and logical reconfiguration, Reconfigurable Manufacturing System (RMS) is able to fulfil customers’ needs in a cost-effective way by making full use of the resources currently available. This paper focuses on studying of reconfiguration cost of such systems. In this paper, DEDS modelling method Petri Net is used to construct the model for reconfiguration process of RMS which includes physical reconfiguration cost factors and conjunction matrix is used to describe the production processes. By highlighting the differences in the process set before and after reconfiguration, the reconfiguration principles have been proposed to describe and guide the process of the manufacturing system re-configuration. The simulation example is given to prove the validation of the proposed model.展开更多
中小企业集群通过资源整合与协同创新,显著提升区域经济活力,其灵活性和适配性成为提升产业链韧性的重要支撑。然而,现有协同方法多聚焦建模优化,难以检测死锁与不可达等运行问题,导致流程效率低下与成本攀升。针对这一瓶颈,本文提出双...中小企业集群通过资源整合与协同创新,显著提升区域经济活力,其灵活性和适配性成为提升产业链韧性的重要支撑。然而,现有协同方法多聚焦建模优化,难以检测死锁与不可达等运行问题,导致流程效率低下与成本攀升。针对这一瓶颈,本文提出双维业务流程整合模型,通过PD-net(Petri Net with Data)共享合成技术实现企业集群业务逻辑与数据流程的协同,同时基于守卫条件驱动的可达图实现模型的可达性验证。展开更多
In a flexible manufacturing system, both the productivity and the flexibility of the manufacturing processes are highly influenced by robot sequencing. In this paper a petri net based approach for sequencing of indust...In a flexible manufacturing system, both the productivity and the flexibility of the manufacturing processes are highly influenced by robot sequencing. In this paper a petri net based approach for sequencing of industrial robot in a flexible manufacturing cell is presented and a decision structure for robot sequencing based on different criteria is described.展开更多
文摘A model of a hypertorus communication grid has been constructed in the form of an infinite Petri net. A grid cell represents either a packet switching device or a bioplast cell. A parametric expression is obtained to allow a finite specification of an infinite Petri net. To prove properties of an ideal communication protocol, we derive an infinite Diophantine system of equations from it, which is subsequently solved. Then we present the programs htgen and ht-mcrl2-gen, developed in the C language, which generate Petri net and process algebra models of a hypertorus with a given number of dimensions and grid size. These are the inputs for the respective modeling tools Tina and mCRL2, which provide model visualization, step simulation, state space generation and reduction, and structural analysis techniques. Benchmarks to compare the two approaches are obtained. An ad-hoc induction-like technique on invariants,obtained for a series of generated models, allows the calculation of a solution of the Diophantine system in a parametric form.It is proven that the basic solutions of the infinite system have been found and that the infinite Petri net is bounded and conservative. Some remarks regarding liveness and liveness enforcing techniques are also presented.
基金Supported by the Beijing Natural Science Foundation(9133020)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(70972007)+1 种基金National Sciences Foundation Committee and General Administration of Civil Aviation of China(60672180)Beijing Municipal Natural Science Foundation(9102015)
文摘This paper aims at providing an effective modeling methods for more and more mobile business applications. First a high level Petri nets method-Xml nets is introduced, which combines the advantage of Petri nets and XML. Petri nets have strict mathematics and intuitionistic diagram ex- pression way, rich system describing means and system behavior analytical technology, and the re- lated powerful supporting tools. XML, as an extensible markup language, is already a information description de facto standard. XML nets could be utilized to model both the controlling flow and the data flow of mobile business process effectively, which consequently enables the analysis and optimi- zation of the mobile business processes and could be utilized to simulate the execution of the mobile business process with the Petri nets tools to improve the system execution efficiency. In this paper, to demonstrate the modeling of the controlling flow and data flow of mobile business process, an in- strument repair business case is modeled with XML nets.
文摘To describe the dynamic semantics for the network computing, the concept on process is presented Based on the semantic model with variable, resource and relation. Accordingly, the formal definition of process and the mapping rules from the specification of Petri nets extension to process are discussed in detail respectively. Based on the collective concepts of process, the specification of dynamic semantics also is constructed as a net system. Finally, to illustrate process intuitively, an example is specified completely.
文摘In order to provide a quantitative analysis and verification method for activity diagrams based business process modeling, a formal definition of activity diagrams is introduced. And the basic requirements for activity diagrams based business process models are proposed. Furthermore, the standardized transformation technique between business process models and basic Petri nets is presented and the analysis method for the soundness and well-structured properties of business processes is introduced.
文摘Civil aircraft maintenance process simulation model is an effective method for analyzing the maintainability of a civil aircraft. First, we present the Hierarchical Colored Timed Petri Nets for maintenance process modeling of civil aircraft. Then, we expound a general method of civil aircraft maintenance activities, determine the maintenance level for decomposition, and propose the methods of describing logic of relations between the maintenance activities based on Petri Net. Finally, a time Colored Petri multi-level network modeling and simulation procedures and steps are given with the maintenance example of the landing gear burst tire of a certain type of aircraft. The feasibility of the method is proved by the example.
基金Supported by the Scientific Research Foundation of Edu-cation Agency of Liaoning Province (20040088) and Scientific ResearchFoundation of Dalian Nationalities University (20046202)
文摘The correctness of workflow models is one of the major challenges in context of workflow analysis. The aim of this paper is to provide an improved Petri net-based reduction approach for verifying the correctness of workflow models. To the end, how to represent well-behaved building blocks and control structures of business processes by Petri nets is given at first, and then how to build well-structured process nets is presented. According to the structural characteristics of well-structured process nets, a set of legacy reduction rules are improved and extended, and then a complete Petri-net-based verification approach is proposed. The sound ness and the complexity with polynomial time for the improved re duction method are also proven.
基金supported in part by the National Key R&D Program of China(2017YFB1001804)Shanghai Science and Technology Innovation Action Plan Project(16511100900)
文摘In order to guarantee the correctness of business processes, not only control-flow errors but also data-flow errors should be considered. The control-flow errors mainly focus on deadlock, livelock, soundness, and so on. However, there are not too many methods for detecting data-flow errors. This paper defines Petri nets with data operations(PN-DO) that can model the operations on data such as read, write and delete. Based on PN-DO, we define some data-flow errors in this paper. We construct a reachability graph with data operations for each PN-DO, and then propose a method to reduce the reachability graph. Based on the reduced reachability graph, data-flow errors can be detected rapidly. A case study is given to illustrate the effectiveness of our methods.
文摘Job planning (JP) systems shop oriented provide a basis for job shop scheduling and control in organizing short term production activities. This paper presents a method based on timed Petri net (TPN) method that is used to program optimal JP for assembly shop. It includes three parts further. Firstly, an architecture of solutions to JP problems for any kind of shop oriented is presented to define a particular JP for a designated JP problem. Secondly, Petri net model is specified for aircraft part assembly processes. Finally, algorithms for optimizing generation of dynamic mechanism and a simulating case are then discussed. In comparison with traditional methods such as PERT or CPM, it is obviously convenient for planners or schedulers to schedule and manage assembly processes.
文摘Nowadays, manufacturers are faced with severe challenges to response rapidly to changing demands and meet various customers’ needs with respect to production volume and product profile. Reconfigurable manufacturing paradigm was proposed as an advanced manufacturing philosophy to enhance the adaptability and flexibility of manufacturing sys-tems. By physical and logical reconfiguration, Reconfigurable Manufacturing System (RMS) is able to fulfil customers’ needs in a cost-effective way by making full use of the resources currently available. This paper focuses on studying of reconfiguration cost of such systems. In this paper, DEDS modelling method Petri Net is used to construct the model for reconfiguration process of RMS which includes physical reconfiguration cost factors and conjunction matrix is used to describe the production processes. By highlighting the differences in the process set before and after reconfiguration, the reconfiguration principles have been proposed to describe and guide the process of the manufacturing system re-configuration. The simulation example is given to prove the validation of the proposed model.
文摘中小企业集群通过资源整合与协同创新,显著提升区域经济活力,其灵活性和适配性成为提升产业链韧性的重要支撑。然而,现有协同方法多聚焦建模优化,难以检测死锁与不可达等运行问题,导致流程效率低下与成本攀升。针对这一瓶颈,本文提出双维业务流程整合模型,通过PD-net(Petri Net with Data)共享合成技术实现企业集群业务逻辑与数据流程的协同,同时基于守卫条件驱动的可达图实现模型的可达性验证。
文摘In a flexible manufacturing system, both the productivity and the flexibility of the manufacturing processes are highly influenced by robot sequencing. In this paper a petri net based approach for sequencing of industrial robot in a flexible manufacturing cell is presented and a decision structure for robot sequencing based on different criteria is described.