Petri nets are a popular and powerful formal model for the analysis and modelling of concurrent systems, and a rich theory has developed around them. Petri nets are taught to undergraduates, and also used by industrial practitioners. This book focuses on a particular class of petri nets, free choice petri nets, which play a central role in the theory. The text is very clearly organised, with every notion carefully explained and every result proved. Clear exposition is given for place invariants, siphons, traps and many other important analysis techniques. The material is organised along the...

This tutorial volume originates from the 4th Advanced Course on Petri Nets, ACPN 2003, held in Eichstatt, Germany in September 2003.In addition to lectures given at ACPN 2003, additional chapters have been commissioned to give a well-balanced presentation of the state-of-the art in the area. This book will be useful as both a reference for those working in the area as well as a study book for the reader who is interested in an up-to-date overview of research and development in concurrent and distributed systems; of course, readers specifically interested in theoretical or applicational...

These Transactions publish archival papers in the broad area of Petri nets and other models of concurrency, ranging from theoretical work to tool support and industrial applications. ToPNoC issues are published as LNCS volumes, and hence are widely distributed and indexed. This Journal has its own Editorial Board which selects papers based on a rigorous two-stage refereeing process. ToPNoC contains:
- Revised versions of a selection of the best papers from workshops and tutorials at the annual Petri net conferences- Special sections/issues within particular subareas (similar to those...

Der Titel dieser Arbeit ist bereits ei ne kurze Inhaltsangabe. Es geht darum, die Matrixreprasentation von Petrinetzen in Gleichungs- und Ungleichungs systemen auszunutzen, urn Aussagen uber das Verhalten eines Netzmodells gewinnen oder beweisen zu konnen. Die Motivation fur die Verwendung linear-algebraischer Verfahren liegt in der Komplexitat des Verhaltens von Petrinetzen. So explodiert die Anzahl erreich barer Markierungen eines markierten Petrinetzes sowohl mit wachsender GroBe des Netzes als auch mit wachsender Zahl anfangs verteilter Marken. Eine di rekte Aufzahlung aller erreichbarer...

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 34th International Conference on Applications and Theory of Petri Nets and Concurrency, PETRI NETS 2013, held in Milan, Italy, in June 2013. The 18 regular papers and 2 tool papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 56 submissions. The book also contains 2 invited talks. All current issues on research and development in the area of Petri nets and related models of concurrent systems are addressed.