Code generation for Petri Nets-specified reconfigurable distributed control systems

This paper deals with the problem of automated conversion of formal system specification to the executable implementation that preserves the reconfigurability of the original model within its runtime. Formal part of the work is based on Coloured Petri Nets formalism extended with the nets-within-nets structural paradigm introduced by Valk. This paradigm reduces the partitioning problem using multiple levels of abstraction within modeling. Described solution aims to produce the distributed control system using five levels of abstraction and a set of translation rules that produces the target prototype. The main contribution of the paper is the introduction of mapping rules that are used for prototype generation and the concept of distributed virtual machine that interprets Petri Nets specifications and supports the reconfigurability of the system.