A Primer in Petri Net Design (Paperback, Softcover Repri)

1 Principles of System Design with Nets.- 1.1 An Example.- 1.2 Passive and Active Components.- 1.3 The Change to Dynamic Behavior.- 1.4 Relationships Between Net Representations.- 2 Condition-Event Nets.- 2.1 An Example.- 2.2 Rules.- 2.3 Conflicts.- 2.4 Contacts and Their Avoidance Through Complementation.- 2.5 Processes of Condition-Event Nets.- 2.6 Further Examples.- 3 Place-Transition Nets.- 3.1 An Example.- 3.2 Arrow Weights.- 3.3 Rules.- 3.4 Contacts and Their Avoidance Through Complementation.- 3.5 Further Examples.- 4 Individual-Token Nets.- 4.1 An Example of Constant Arrow Labels.- 4.2 Rules for Nets with Individual Tokens and Constant Arrow Labels.- 4.3 Further Possibilities for Constant Arrow Labels.- 4.4 An Example of Variable Arrow Labels.- 4.5 Rules for Nets with Individual Tokens and Variable Arrow Labels.- 4.6 Further Possibilities for Variable Arrow Labels.- 4.7 Individual-Token Nets.- 5 Channel-Agency Nets.- 5.1 An Example.- 5.2 Rules.- 5.3 Further Examples.- 6 Refinement and Embedding.- 6.1 Refinement.- 6.2 Token-Preserving Refinement.- 6.3 Embedding.- 7 Nets as a Design Method.- 7.1 Preliminary Considerations for the Design of Computer-Integrated Systems.- 7.2 An Example.- 7.3 The Switch to Other Net Models.- 7.4 Additions to the Example.- Solutions.- References.