Random Petri Nets and System Performance Evaluation

Author: Lin Chuang
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Publish Date: 2005-04-01
Features: This book is a monograph on the theory and technology of stochastic Petri nets, mainly including: various theories and analysis techniques of stochastic Petri nets; modeling methods, decomposition and compression techniques, as well as performance boundary solving techniques for stochastic Petri nets; applications of stochastic Petri nets in communication protocols, ATM networks, flexible manufacturing systems, performance evaluation of computer and software systems, and workflow; software tools for stochastic Petri nets. The content of this book is essentially self-contained, novel, easy to understand, and convenient to apply. The main target readers are senior undergraduate and graduate students, as well as engineering and research personnel in related fields such as computer science and automatic control.