Synthesis of intelligent switching systems using neural Petri nets

Author

Tracy, Donald P. ; Jones, Irvin R., Jr.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Eng., Denver Univ., CO, USA

Volume

2

fYear

2003

fDate

5-8 Oct. 2003

Firstpage

1298

Abstract

An intelligent switching system is a structure that is able to evaluate criteria of the system and dynamically make a selection from among a discrete set of options. The goal of our research is to develop a system for distributed control, where the control activity is governed by a set of devices that cooperatively learn and make decisions. The test bed for this system is a computer-controlled model railroad. In this test paradigm, each track switch is an intelligent switching device. A neural Petri net is used to model the switch. This paper presents the design and development of the switch, and a modeling of the railroad.

Keywords

Petri nets; discrete time systems; distributed control; neural nets; rail traffic; railways; computer controlled model railroad; decision making; distributed control; intelligent switching device; intelligent switching systems synthesis; neural Petri nets; railroad modeling; Biological system modeling; Centralized control; Control systems; Distributed control; Intelligent systems; Petri nets; Switches; Switching systems; System testing; Timing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Systems, Man and Cybernetics, 2003. IEEE International Conference on

ISSN

1062-922X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7952-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICSMC.2003.1244590

Filename

1244590