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8 Citations
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10 March 2024

Modeling and verification of the correct behavior of embedded real-time systems with strict timing constraints is a well-known and important problem. Failing to fulfill a deadline in system operation can have severe consequences in the practical case...

(This article belongs to the Section E1: Mathematics and Computer Science)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1,035 Views
36 Pages

A Timed Petri Net-Based Dynamic Visitor Guidance Model for Mountain Scenic Areas During Peak Periods

  • Binyou Wang,
  • Liyan Lu,
  • Changyong Liang,
  • Xiaohan Yan and ,
  • Shuping Zhao and
  • Wenxing Lu
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

Tourist congestion and load imbalance during peak periods pose critical challenges to the safe operation and experience assurance of large scenic areas. To address the limitations of traditional management approaches in capturing the dynamic and stoc...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,512 Views
15 Pages

Petri Net Model Predictive Control Method for Batch Chemical Systems

  • Zexuan Lin,
  • Jiazhong Zhou,
  • Shasha Sun,
  • Jiliang Luo and
  • Jiabing Zhang

21 March 2024

In order to address the problem of the real-time scheduling and control of batch chemical systems, this work proposes a model predictive control method based on Petri nets. First, a method is presented to construct a batch chemical system’s tim...

(This article belongs to the Section Automation Control Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
5,787 Views
16 Pages

1 October 2017

This paper is about the incremental computation of control sequences for discrete event systems in uncertain environments where uncontrollable events may occur. Timed Petri nets are used for this purpose. The aim is to drive the marking of the net fr...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Combined Scheduling and Control)
  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
5,017 Views
26 Pages

31 May 2021

The high reliability of modern engineering systems is achieved by performing predictive maintenance. Mathematical models based on stochastic timed colored Petri nets are an effective tool for developing complex production processes for Industry 4.0....

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Recent Advances in Petri Nets Modeling)
  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
6,016 Views
19 Pages

FMS Scheduling under Availability Constraint with Supervisor Based on Timed Petri Nets

  • Mohamed Ali Kammoun,
  • Wajih Ezzeddine,
  • Nidhal Rezg and
  • Zied Achour

15 April 2017

This paper proposes an optimal solution to large-scale Flexible Manufacturing System (FMS) scheduling problems under availability constraints based on Timed Petri Nets (TPNs). First a decomposition method of TPNs is proposed, then a mathematical mode...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Modeling, Simulation, Operation and Control of Discrete Event Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7,057 Views
15 Pages

In order to fit circuit electromagnetic emissions within a spectral mask, a design flow based on high level current modeling for micropipeline circuits is proposed. The model produces a quick and rough estimation of the circuit current, thanks to a T...

  • Article
  • Open Access
888 Views
14 Pages

Digital Thread-Based Business Process Collaboration in Digital Manufacturing Systems: Modeling and Data-Driven Mechanisms

  • Yingyao Zhang,
  • Shuai Lei,
  • Xiao Lai,
  • Kuo Zhao and ,
  • Xianhui Liu,
  • Xingbo Su,
  • Yimeng Zhang and
  • Chao Li
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

Cross-organizational collaboration in digital manufacturing systems is often hindered by fragmented data handoff, inconsistent versions, and delayed downstream collaboration across lifecycle stages and heterogeneous systems. To address this issue, a...

(This article belongs to the Section Systems Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,204 Views
24 Pages

Stochastic Model Driven Performance and Availability Planning for a Mobile Edge Computing System

  • Carlos Brito,
  • Laécio Rodrigues,
  • Brena Santos,
  • Iure Fé and ,
  • Tuan-Anh Nguyen,
  • Dugki Min,
  • Jae-Woo Lee and
  • Francisco Airton Silva
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

29 April 2021

Mobile Edge Computing (MEC) has emerged as a promising network computing paradigm associated with mobile devices at local areas to diminish network latency under the employment and utilization of cloud/edge computing resources. In that context, MEC s...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Model-Based Systems Engineering: Rigorous Foundations for Digital Transformations in Science and Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
3,252 Views
29 Pages

21 November 2023

The application of queueing theory is very broad. Examples include electronic communication systems and devices. New technologies, electronic communication systems, and devices are used by many modern organizations. However, this implies certain requ...

(This article belongs to the Section F: Electrical Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,825 Views
16 Pages

Modeling and Simulation of Electric Vehicles Charging Services by a Time Colored Petri Net Framework

  • Agostino Marcello Mangini,
  • Maria Pia Fanti,
  • Bartolomeo Silvestri,
  • Luigi Ranieri and
  • Michele Roccotelli

12 February 2025

The transport sector is responsible for about 60% of emissions in the atmosphere due to the exhaust-polluting gases of internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles. An effective solution to this issue is the electrification of the transport means, which...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Smart Cities and the Need for Green Energy)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,789 Views
21 Pages

19 September 2024

In order to improve quality assurance in wafer manufacturing, there are strict process requirements. Besides the well-known residency time constraints (RTCs), a dual-arm cluster tool also requires each robot arm to execute a specific set of tasks. We...

(This article belongs to the Section E: Applied Mathematics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
4,322 Views
21 Pages

29 January 2022

This paper discusses the Reliability, Availability, Maintainability, and Safety (RAMS) of an electrical power supply system in a large European hospital. The primary approach is based on fuzzy logic and Petri nets, using the CPNTools software to simu...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Modeling and Optimization of Electrical Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
34 Citations
13,470 Views
20 Pages

23 June 2011

Based on an analysis of the working principles of the hydraulic variable pitch system of a wind turbine, a novel Petri net model and reliability evaluation method are proposed. First, Petri net theory is adopted to build a model for each discrete sta...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
5,390 Views
21 Pages

31 December 2016

Despite the recent rapid progress in high throughput measurements of biological data, it is still difficult to gather all of the reaction speed data in biological pathways. This paper presents a Petri net-based algorithm that can derive estimated val...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Biological Networks)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,529 Views
21 Pages

4 August 2023

This study is concerned with the imperfect virtual-reality mapping relationship in cyber–physical systems (CPSs) and the challenge faced in knowledge-based decisions. Regarding those problems, a double-layer mapping Petri net (DMPN) model is pr...

(This article belongs to the Section Applied Industrial Technologies)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
1,108 Views
29 Pages

4 December 2025

The basic reproduction number (R0) is an epidemiological metric that represents the average number of new infections caused by a single infectious individual in a completely susceptible population. The methodology for calculating this metric is well-...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Recent Trends in Petri Net Research: Methods and Innovative Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,098 Views
28 Pages

5 February 2026

Construction management plays a fundamental role in the sustainability of construction projects, as its primary objective is to enhance cost-effectiveness and efficient resource utilization. One of the main challenges encountered at the early stages...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Construction Management and Sustainable Development)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1,846 Views
14 Pages

21 September 2023

This paper focuses on embedded system modeling, proposing a solution to obtain a refined net via the refinement operation of an extended Petri net. Object-oriented technology and Petri net with inhibitor-arcs-based representation for embedded systems...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Deep Learning for Data Mining: Theory, Methods, and Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
6,948 Views
17 Pages

Simplifying the Verification of Simulation Models through Petri Net to FlexSim Mapping

  • Pau Fonseca i Casas,
  • Daniel Lijia Hu,
  • Antoni Guasch i Petit and
  • Jaume Figueras i Jové

19 February 2020

Simplifying the encoding of a simulation conceptual model representation reduces the number of errors that will be detected in the verification phase. In this paper, we present a mapping between Petri nets, a well-known formalism, and FlexSim, a well...

(This article belongs to the Section Applied Industrial Technologies)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,960 Views
27 Pages

Learnable Petri Net Neural Network Using Max-Plus Algebra

  • Mohammed Sharafath Abdul Hameed,
  • Sofiene Lassoued and
  • Andreas Schwung

Interpretable decision-making algorithms are important when used in the context of production optimization. While concepts like Petri nets are inherently interpretable, they are not straightforwardly learnable. This paper presents a novel approach to...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,629 Views
24 Pages

17 June 2025

This study addresses the challenge of improving fault management in hydroelectric systems using Petri nets. The objective is to propose a novel methodology for efficient fault diagnosis and intervention in the Governor system, a critical component in...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,787 Views
15 Pages

8 February 2025

We investigate the detectability verification problem of time-dependent systems modeled by time labeled Petri nets that are a typical time-dependent model of many computer-integrated systems in modern society, characterized by networked connections....

(This article belongs to the Topic Modeling, Stability, and Control of Dynamic Systems and Their Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,310 Views
22 Pages

Modeling Mobile Applications for Proximity-Based Promotion Delivery to Shopping Centers Using Petri Nets

  • Julian Velazquez,
  • Ruben Machucho,
  • Jose F. Lopez,
  • Hiram Herrera and
  • Jorge-Arturo Hernandez-Almazan

5 February 2025

This article presents the design and implementation of an API that delivers real-time promotional notifications to mobile devices based on their proximity to shopping centers, calculated using the Haversine formula. Developed in Laravel, the API dete...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,090 Views
24 Pages

29 August 2024

In this study, we analyzed the evolution of online public opinion on emergencies using a new Stochastic Petri Net modeling approach. First, an intuitive description of the emergency online public opinion development process was conceptualized from th...

(This article belongs to the Topic Advanced Systems Engineering: Theory and Applications, 2nd Volume)
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
4,663 Views
22 Pages

Manufacturing Maps, a Novel Tool for Smart Factory Management Based on Petri Nets and Big Data Mini-Terms

  • Javier Llopis,
  • Antonio Lacasa,
  • Eduardo Garcia,
  • Nicolás Montés and ,
  • Lucía Hilario,
  • Judith Vizcaíno,
  • Cristina Vilar,
  • Judit Vilar,
  • Laura Sánchez and
  • Juan Carlos Latorre
  • + 5 authors+ 0 author

8 July 2022

This article defines a new concept for real-time factory management—manufacturing maps. Manufacturing maps are generated from two fundamental elements, mini-terms and Petri nets. Mini-terms are sub-times of a technical cycle, the time it takes...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Industrial Big Data and Process Modelling for Smart Manufacturing)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,725 Views
22 Pages

Enhancing Supervisory Control with GPenSIM

  • Reggie Davidrajuh,
  • Shuanglin Tang and
  • Yuming Feng

23 July 2025

Supervisory control theory (SCT), based on Petri nets, offers a robust framework for modeling and controlling discrete-event systems but faces significant challenges in scalability, expressiveness, and practical implementation. This paper introduces...

(This article belongs to the Section Automation and Control Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
594 Views
36 Pages

16 June 2026

Petri nets represent a highly versatile mathematical formalism for modeling discrete event and hybrid systems. For the development of modern complex production processes for Industry 4.0, integrating these formal models with industrial communication...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Symmetry-Inspired Approaches in Control, Robotics, and Intelligent Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
4,420 Views
22 Pages

13 May 2020

With the development of integrated modular avionics (IMA), the dynamic reconfiguration of IMA not only provides great advantages in resource utilization and aircraft configuration, but also acts as a valid means for resource failure management. It is...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Active Flow Control Processes with Machine Learning and the Internet of Things)
  • Article
  • Open Access
283 Views
34 Pages

Petri-Net Modeling and Simulation of a Cloud-IoT-Client Architecture for Education

  • Liana Luminița Boca,
  • Elisabeta Mihaela Ciortea and
  • Vasile Teodor Dădârlat

7 October 2026

This paper proposes a formally analyzable Cloud-IoT architecture for educational environments, connecting learners, teachers, and institutional administrators to a shared cloud infrastructure through an intermediate IoT layer. The architecture is ins...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
296 Views
21 Pages

The construction of large-scale buildings often faces extended production cycles due to inefficiencies in scheduling processes. To address this challenge, a timed Petri net model was developed to analyze and optimize construction scheduling. Based on...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue High-Speed Railway Safety: Design, Development and Challenges)
  • Article
  • Open Access
992 Views
19 Pages

24 March 2025

Cyber-physical systems need more intelligent decision-making methods. To address this issue with respect to incomplete process models and inefficient scheduling, we have previously proposed a new method called Petri-nets-adaptive ant colony optimizat...

(This article belongs to the Section F: Engineering and Materials)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,214 Views
12 Pages

13 June 2022

In order to solve the vulnerability problem of the integrated energy system in the transportation industry, a vulnerability cascade propagation model based on the Petri net is proposed. The article comprehensively considers the configuration of the e...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Forecasting and Decision Support Systems for Energy Market Development)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,195 Views
15 Pages

11 February 2022

The detection and defense of malicious attacks are critical to the proper functioning of network security. Due to the diversity and rapid updates of the attack methods used by attackers, traditional defense mechanisms have been challenged. In this co...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Intelligence, Security, Trust and Privacy Advances in IoT, Bigdata and 5G Networks)
  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
4,383 Views
24 Pages

Design and Verification of Cyber-Physical Systems Specified by Petri Nets—A Case Study of a Direct Matrix Converter

  • Remigiusz Wisniewski,
  • Grzegorz Bazydło,
  • Paweł Szcześniak,
  • Iwona Grobelna and
  • Marcin Wojnakowski

2 September 2019

The paper proposes a novel design technique of cyber-physical systems (CPSs). The system is specified by a Petri net, and further modelled in a hardware description language (HDL) towards final implementation in a programmable device. Contrary to the...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Design, Modeling, Verification, and Analysis of Cyber-Physical Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,926 Views
18 Pages

A Meso-Scale Petri Net Model to Simulate a Massive Evacuation along the Highway System

  • Hamzeh Qabaja,
  • Mujahid I. Ashqer,
  • Marwan Bikdash and
  • Huthaifa I. Ashqar

Natural disasters may require that the residents of the affected area be evacuated immediately using a potentially damaged infrastructure. In this paper, we developed a mesoscopic simulation modeling approach for modeling traffic flow over a large ge...

  • Article
  • Open Access
546 Views
20 Pages

30 April 2026

Accurate and rapid fault diagnosis is critical for active distribution networks characterized by growing structural complexity and diverse load profiles. This paper proposes a two-stage fault diagnosis framework that synergistically combines colored...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Condition Monitoring and Fault Diagnosis of Electrical Equipment)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,243 Views
26 Pages

A Petri Net and LSTM Hybrid Approach for Intrusion Detection Systems in Enterprise Networks

  • Gaetano Volpe,
  • Marco Fiore,
  • Annabella la Grasta,
  • Francesca Albano and ,
  • Sergio Stefanizzi,
  • Marina Mongiello and
  • Agostino Marcello Mangini
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

11 December 2024

Intrusion Detection Systems (IDSs) are a crucial component of modern corporate firewalls. The ability of IDS to identify malicious traffic is a powerful tool to prevent potential attacks and keep a corporate network secure. In this context, Machine L...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Virtual Reality and Sensing Techniques for Human)
  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
8,613 Views
28 Pages

17 December 2015

The insulin-dependent activation and recycling of the insulin receptor play an essential role in the regulation of the energy metabolism, leading to a special interest for pharmaceutical applications. Thus, the recycling of the insulin receptor has b...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Metabolic Flux Analysis)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,759 Views
14 Pages

30 May 2022

The time synchronization of LTE-R train-to-ground communication systems plays an important role in ensuring the safety of high-speed railways. In the LTE-R time synchronization process, existing problems, such as the time synchronization message broa...

(This article belongs to the Topic IOT, Communication and Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,698 Views
19 Pages

Performance Optimization for a Class of Petri Nets

  • Weijie Shi,
  • Zhou He,
  • Chan Gu,
  • Ning Ran and
  • Ziyue Ma

28 January 2023

Petri nets (PNs) are widely used to model flexible manufacturing systems (FMSs). This paper deals with the performance optimization of FMSs modeled by Petri nets that aim to maximize the system’s performance under a given budget by optimizing b...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Intelligent Monitoring, Control and Optimization in Industries 4.0)
  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
3,449 Views
19 Pages

7 July 2022

Mobile robots are extensively used to complete repetitive operations in industrial areas such as intelligent transportation, logistics, and manufacturing systems. This paper addresses the path planning problem of multi-type robot systems with time wi...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Recent Advances in Petri Nets Modeling)
  • Article
  • Open Access
694 Views
30 Pages

17 April 2026

The increasing operational variability in distribution networks (e.g., abrupt load changes and distributed generation integration) increases the demands on voltage regulation devices and, in particular, on transformers with on-load tap changers (OLTC...

(This article belongs to the Section F1: Electrical Power System)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
770 Views
32 Pages

Sustainable Sugar Agro-Industrial Value Chain: An Integrated Lean Framework for Risk Management, Circularity, and Artificial Intelligence

  • Yasniel Sánchez Suárez,
  • Darian Samá Muñoz,
  • José Armando Pancorbo Sandoval,
  • Leonardo Ernesto Domínguez Díaz and ,
  • Arialys Hernández Nariño,
  • Maylín Marqués León and
  • Marcos Antonio Espinosa Blanco
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

23 June 2026

Sustainable management of sugar agro-industrial value chains requires a multidimensional approach that integrates economic, environmental, and social criteria. Current literature addresses risk management, circularity, and artificial intelligence in...

(This article belongs to the Section Economic and Business Aspects of Sustainability)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,898 Views
21 Pages

7 September 2024

Nowadays, urban and suburban areas face increasing environmental pressures, and encouraging sustainable transportation behaviors at the household level has become crucial. This paper presents a model of a decision support system (DSS) for promoting s...

(This article belongs to the Collection Sustainable Household Behaviors: Consumption and Mobility)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,158 Views
21 Pages

An IoT System Proposed for Higher Education: Approaches and Challenges in Economics, Computational Linguistics, and Engineering

  • Liana Luminița Boca,
  • Elisabeta Mihaela Ciortea,
  • Carmen Boghean,
  • Andreea Begov-Ungur and ,
  • Florin Boghean and
  • Vasile Teodor Dădârlat
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

10 July 2023

The technological revolution and the evolution of technology have significantly facilitated the applicability of the IoT in various domains, such as healthcare, transportation, agriculture, retail, education, and, especially, higher education, which...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Evolution of IoT and IIoT: Opportunities, Challenges, and Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
753 Views
23 Pages

23 December 2025

Chemical emergencies in transport are rare but operationally demanding. This study presents a framework that converts the timeline of a real intervention involving a cyclohexylamine leak after a tanker truck overturned into a Petri net and subsequent...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,290 Views
27 Pages

22 April 2022

The flexible job-shop scheduling problem with indirect energy and time-of-use (ToU) electricity pricing (FJSP-IT) is investigated. Considering the production cost, which includes the indirect energy cost, direct energy cost and time cost, the cost ev...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Green Manufacturing and Low-Carbon Control of Mechanical and Electrical Products)
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,788 Views
16 Pages

5 January 2023

Currently, we are facing an increasing trend in the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) in various activities, both civilian and military. The application of UAVs in the battlefield has received extensive attention amid a global new military revolu...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Technology of Intelligent Control and Simulation Evaluation)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,387 Views
20 Pages

A Polynomial-Time Algorithm for Detection of Uncovered Transitions in a Petri Net-Based Concurrent System

  • Marcin Wojnakowski,
  • Maxim Maliński,
  • Remigiusz Wiśniewski,
  • Andrzej Obuchowicz and ,
  • Zhiwu Li and
  • Dawid Konarczak
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

11 January 2025

This paper introduces a novel algorithm for the efficient verification of a Petri net-based concurrent control system. The proposed method is based on the computation of transition invariant coverage to detect possible errors in the modelled system....

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