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The Object Oriented Petri Net Component Model

Authors:
Radek Kočí
Vladimír Janoušek

Keywords: Object Oriented Petri Nets; DEVS; component platform; interface consistency

Abstract:
The formalism of Object Oriented Petri Nets (OOPN) is a part of the work dealing with the method of system development in simulation. The work is based on the idea that system models are always executed even if they contain only one simple element or any changes are performed. Moreover, this idea does not distinguish between system models, prototypes, or target system; everything should be presented by the same means. Nevertheless, it should be possible to use different formalisms to describe models. It follows that a common platform is needed. The platform has to be simple and has to allow to change models on the fly. The formalism of Discrete Event System Specification (DEVS) has been used to specify the platform, because it enables to compose system using components, whereas each such a component can be modeled by different formalism. Proposed approach preserves the advantages of using OOPN for behavior modeling of components and makes it possible to hierarchize models using DEVS-based platform. The paper defines a platform based on DEVS and OOPN formalisms and deals with a question of safe changes of components on the fly.

Pages: 18 to 24

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2015

Publication date: November 15, 2015

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-4235

ISBN: 978-1-61208-438-1

Location: Barcelona, Spain

Dates: from November 15, 2015 to November 20, 2015