In: Mathematical and Computer Modelling, Vol. 18, No. 9, pages 17-30. 1993.
Abstract: The manufacturing systems used in the modern industry are usually composed of complex and sophisticated processing equipment which are integrated by automated material handling means and by advanced networks for information transfer. To understand many asynchronous and concurrent transactions in such manufacturing systems, appropriate mathematical models are needed. In this paper, timed Petri nets have been applied to model manufacturing systems.
Keywords: manufacturing systems, modeling tools, timed Petri nets.