Mapping Between Petri Nets and DEVS Models
Sofiane Boukelkoul, Mohammed Redjimi
Journal of Information Technology Review, Vol. 4, No. 1, 2013.
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Link: http://www.dline.info/jitr/fulltext/v4n1/3.pdf
Abstract:
Complex systems are characterized not only by the diversity of their components, but also by the interconnections and interactions between them. For modeling such systems, we often need more than one formalism and we must concern ourselves with the coexistence of heterogeneous models.This purpose can be achieved by using the multi-modeling. The transformation of such models in a pivot model is a technique in this context. This paper proposes a translation approach of Petri nets to DEVS â€œDiscrete Event System Specificationâ€ models.We present mechanisms which can systematically transform the places and transitions of Petri netsto DEVS models. The coupling of these models generates a DEVS coupled model capable of running on platforms based on DEVS.