Springer Control of Discrete-Event Systems: Automata and Petri Net Perspectives: 433 (Lecture Notes in Control and Information Sciences, 433)

Control of Discrete-event Systems provides a survey of the most important topics in the discrete-event systems theory with particular focus on finite-state automata, Petri nets and max-plus algebra. Coverage ranges from introductory material on the basic notions and definitions of discrete-event systems to more recent results. Special attention is given to results on supervisory control, state estimation and fault diagnosis of both centralized and distributed/decentralized systems developed in the framework of the Distributed Supervisory Control of Large Plants (DISC) project. Later parts of the text are devoted to the study of congested systems though fluidization, an over approximation allowing a much more efficient study of observation and control problems of timed Petri nets. Finally, the max-plus algebraic approach to the analysis and control of choice-free systems is also considered. Control of Discrete-event Systems provides an introduction to discrete-event systems for readers that are not familiar with this class of systems, but also provides an introduction to research problems and open issues of current interest to readers already familiar with them. Most of the material in this book has been presented during a Ph.D. school held in Cagliari, Italy, in June 2011. From the Back Cover Control of Discrete-event Systems provides a survey of the most important topics in the discrete-event systems theory with particular focus on finite-state automata, Petri nets and max-plus algebra. Coverage ranges from introductory material on the basic notions and definitions of discrete-event systems to more recent results. Special attention is given to results on supervisory control, state estimation and fault diagnosis of both centralized and distributed/decentralized systems developed in the framework of the Distributed Supervisory Control of Large Plants (DISC) project. Later parts of the text are devoted to the study of congested systems though fluidization, an over approximation allowing a much more efficient study of observation and control problems of timed Petri nets. Finally, the max-plus algebraic approach to the analysis and control of choice-free systems is also considered. Control of Discrete-event Systems provides an introduction to discrete-event systems for readers that are not familiar with this class of systems, but also provides an introduction to research problems and open issues of current interest to readers already familiar with them. Most of the material in this book has been presented during a Ph.D. school held in Cagliari, Italy, in June 2011. About the Author Carla Seatzu is an Assistant Professor of Automatic Control at the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering of the University of Cagliari, Italy. She received the Laurea degree in electrical engineering from the University of Cagliari, Italy in 1996, and the Ph.D. degree in electronic engineering and computer science from the same university in 2000. In April 2011 she obtained the national habilitation as Associate Professor. Her research interests include discrete-event systems, hybrid systems, Petri nets, networked control systems, control of mechanical systems. She has published more than 140 papers and one textbook on these topics. She was Chair of the National Organizing Committee of ADHS'06 (2nd IFAC Conf. on the Analysis and Design of Hybrid Systems) and member of the International Program Committee of around 40 international conferences. She is associate editor of the international journal Nonlinear Analysis: Hybrid Systems and Applications (Elsevier) and associate editor of the Conference Editorial Board of the IEEE Control System Society; she is co-chair of the IEEE IES Technical Committee on Factory Automation - Subcommittee on Industrial Automated Systems and Controls. Manuel Silva Suárez is full Professor of System Engineering and Automatic Control in the Computer Science and Syst