Differential Petri net models for industrial automation and supervisory control

Author

Demongodin, Isabel ; Koussoulas, Nick T.

Author_Institution

Ecole des Mines de Nantes

Volume

36

Issue

4

fYear

2006

fDate

7/1/2006 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

543

Lastpage

553

Abstract

Supervisory control systems play a central role in modern industrial automation. However, control theory has recently made significant advances in modeling mixed continuous/discrete event systems ("hybrid control systems"), whose typical instantiations include the industrial supervisory controller. This article shows how differential Petri nets, a model for hybrid control systems, can be used to represent industrial supervisory systems in a unified way. Typical industrial automation tests can be modeled, whereas the effect of communication protocols and software can be straightforwardly included using conventional Petri nets. Therefore, a global model for the operation of an industrial control system can be formed and its behavior analyzed

Keywords

Petri nets; discrete event systems; industrial control; communication protocol; control theory; differential Petri net; discrete event system; hybrid control systems; industrial automation; mixed continuous system; supervisory control system; Automatic control; Automation; Communication system control; Control system synthesis; Control theory; Discrete event systems; Electrical equipment industry; Industrial control; Petri nets; Supervisory control; Automation; Petri nets; hybrid systems;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Part C: Applications and Reviews, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1094-6977

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TSMCC.2005.848154

Filename

1643846