Title :
A real-time Petri nets simulator for automated manufacturing systems
Author :
Wongtaladkown, Chanat ; Chen, Yaobin
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., George Washington Univ., Washington, DC, USA
Abstract :
A real-time Petri nets simulator (RTPNS), including software specifications, interactive algorithm, firing rule, and real-time implementation, is presented. The software provides an intuitive design tool with graphical orientation and convenient debugging capability for the modeling and control of automated manufacturing systems. The complex interactions among control, communication, and database functions in a manufacturing environment is also addressed by using a Petri net model. The performance of the total system is evaluated by the developed software through computer simulation. The firing time, a key to the production rate, can be optimally selected through the simulation results. A computer simulation of control of a prototype flexible manufacturing system using the RTPNS is described
Keywords :
Petri nets; digital simulation; manufacturing data processing; real-time systems; automated manufacturing systems; communication; computer simulation; database functions; debugging; firing rule; graphical orientation; interactive algorithm; intuitive design tool; manufacturing environment; performance evaluation; production rate; real-time Petri nets simulator; real-time implementation; software specifications; Automatic control; Communication system control; Computer simulation; Manufacturing automation; Manufacturing systems; Petri nets; Software algorithms; Software debugging; Software tools; Virtual manufacturing;
Conference_Titel :
Intelligent Control, 1990. Proceedings., 5th IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Philadelphia, PA
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-2108-7
DOI :
10.1109/ISIC.1990.128576
