Ebook: Petri Net theory and the modeling of systems

Petri net theory has developed considerably from its beginnings with Dr. Petri's 1962 Ph.D. dissertation. However, much of the work on Petri nets is hard to obtain, being available only as reports and dissertations scattered among many sources. Despite the difficulty in learning about Petri nets, however, their use is constantly increasing. It is becoming expected that every computer scientist know some basic Petri net theory.