Differential Petri nets: representing continuous systems in a discrete-event world

Author

Demongodin, Isabel ; Koussoulas, Nick T.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Autom. Control & Production Syst., Ecole des Mines de Nantes, Nantes, France

Volume

43

Issue

4

fYear

1998

fDate

4/1/1998 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

573

Lastpage

579

Abstract

Differential Petri nets are a new extension of Petri nets. Through the introduction of the differential place, the differential transition, and suitable evolution rules, it is possible to model concurrently discrete-event processes and continuous-time dynamic processes, represented by systems of linear ordinary differential equations. This model can contribute to the performance analysis and design of industrial supervisory control systems and of hybrid control systems in general

Keywords

Petri nets; continuous time systems; discrete event systems; industrial control; linear differential equations; continuous systems; continuous-time dynamic processes; differential Petri nets; differential place; differential transition; discrete-event world; evolution rules; hybrid control systems; industrial supervisory control systems; linear ordinary differential equations; performance analysis; Automatic control; Chemical processes; Continuous time systems; Control system synthesis; Differential equations; Performance analysis; Petri nets; Power system modeling; Robotics and automation; Supervisory control;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Automatic Control, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9286

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/9.665073

Filename

665073