Deadlock Resolution in Automated Manufacturing Systems: A Novel Petri Net Approach

by Mengchu Zhou and Zhiwu Li

Book Overview

Deadlock problems in flexible manufacturing systems (FMS) have received more and more attention in the last two decades. Petri nets are one of the more promising mathematical tools for tackling deadlocks in various resource allocation systems. In a system modeled with Petri nets, siphons are tied to the occurrence of deadlock states as a structural object. The book systematically introduces the novel theory of siphons, traps, and elementary siphons...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1849968306
• ISBN13: 9781849968300
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"