Regulation problem in discrete event systems using interpreted Petri nets

The paper presents a new approach to control DES modeled by interpreted Petri nets (IPN). The controller is obtained mainly using structural information of the system; it is devoted to track the output of another IPN called the reference model. This control approach is based on the regulation problem from continuous systems control. It is shown that if the controller exists such that it solves the regulation problem, then the system and the reference model fulfils some conditions. Using both, the system and the reference model state, a state feedback control law can be implemented avoiding a feedback trajectory