This paper describes a methodology for converting an influence net to an executable model, implemented using the Colored Petri Net formalism and tools, so that it can be used to assess the impact of a set of controllable events or actions on outcomes of interest; specifically the impact of various sequences and timing of those actionable events. With this methodology, alternative courses of act...

Experienced Petri net modelers model in terms of patterns, just like object-oriented programmers use the design patterns of Gamma et al. So far there is no any structured collection of patterns for Colored Petri Nets. We have empirically collected 34 patterns in Colored Petri Nets and documented them in the pattern format. The patterns focus on the interplay between data-flow and control-flow, ...

We address the verification of programmable logic controllers (PLC). In our approach, a PLC program is translated into a special type of colored Petri net, a so-called register net (RN). We present analysis methods based on the partial order semantics of RN’s, which allow the generation of partial order traces as counter examples in the presence of programming errors. To that purpose, the behav...

Object oriented analysis and design can be applied to the problem of organizational design and the Colored Petri Net formalism, while the supporting software can be used effectively to implement the approach. Furthermore, existing results can be mapped easily in this paradigm. A dynamical model representation of the organization is obtained that can be analyzed using both Petri Net theory and t...

Presented herein is a methodology for quantitatively analyzing the complex signaling network by resorting to colored Petri nets (CPN). The mathematical as well as Petri net models for two basic reaction types were established, followed by the extension to a large signal transduction system stimulated by epidermal growth factor (EGF) in an application study. The CPN models based on the Petri net...

A Generalized Mutual Exclusion Constraint (GMEC) is a linear constraint that limits the weighted sum of tokens in a subset of places of a place/transition net system. The corresponding controller takes the simple form of a monitor place that can be added to the net to obtain the closed-loop system. In this paper we extend this approach to the case of colored Petri nets, showing that a colored G...

In many research projects on modeling and analyzing biological pathways, the Petri net has been recognized as a promising method for representing biological pathways. From the pioneering works by Reddy et al., 1993, and Hofestädt, 1994, that model metabolic pathways by traditional Petri net, several enhanced Petri nets such as colored Petri net, stochastic Petri net, and hybrid Petri net have b...