Petri Nets modelling of active products cooperation for active security management

This article presents an approach of modeling by Petri nets of the cooperation between active products that are equipped with sensor networks devices providing ambient communication and sensing capabilities. Such active products are able to control the environmental security level in ambient intelligence context of a hazardous substances warehouse. The proposed concept of active products is supported by a model that allow the objects to interact each other in an autonomous, real time, transparent and intelligent way, without any human help. We introduce the term of active security in the industrial chemical storage sector, taken in charge directly by the active product subjugated by a constrained security level. Petri net modeling activity is conducted with the CPN-Tools software. We propose an active product model and a human operator model and the associated cooperation mechanisms using ambient communication messaging.