Petri Nets and their Application an Introduction

Abstract

A graph model now known as Petri nets originated in C. A. Petri’s doctoral dissertation (1) in 1962 at the University of Bonn, West Germany. In the mid 1960s, Petri’s work was introduced in the United States, and during the 1970s it spread over many parts of the world. At the time of this writing, the Europeans are most active in research and conferences on Petri nets: they have held a two-week advanced course on this subject in Hamburg, West Germany under the direction of Dr. Petri in 1979(2); and held so far three workshops on applications and theory of Petri nets, one each in France (1980), West Germany (1981), and Italy (1982).(3) In this field two books, one in English(4) and the other in German,(5) are now available, and several tutorial articles(6–10) have been written. A comprehensive bibliography(11) is also available and is updated periodically.