应用必需信标的Petri网死锁预防策略

本文提出了表征一个Petri网子类,即S4R网(system of sequential systems with shared resources)中死锁问题的必需信标的概念和一种将混合整数规划算法与必需信标控制相结合的死锁预防策略.在该策略的迭代过程中,混合整数规划算法发现被控的Petri网中是否存在最大的死标识信标,若存在,则通过库所分类和迭代式的信标提取,得到必需信标,添加相应的控制库所,满足必需信标的最大可控性,从而实现被控的Petri网活性的目的.理论分析和算例验证表明了该策略的正确性和有效性.     

柔性制造系统Petri网模型中的两类特殊资源*

在一类S3PR网柔性制造系统Petri网模型N中,考察两类所处位置特殊的资源。这两类资源分别被定义为第一类和第二类位置特殊资源。随后,证明这些资源不会出现在S3PR网N的任何一个严格极小信标(strict minimal siphon,SMS)或者是基本信标之中,并且任何使用这些资源的操作库所也不会出现在N的任何一个SMS或基本信标之中。结论说明,在柔性制造系统中可能存在一些同系统死锁的发生没有关系的资源。最后,简要介绍这两类特殊资源的应用前景。     

柔性制造系统非阻塞监督控制器优化设计

针对一类含有并发执行装配过程的柔性制造系统G-systems,提出一种新的死锁预防策略保证该系统的非阻塞性,即在控制下,受控系统从任意可达状态都可以到达理想状态.首先对Petri网模型中基本信标实施控制,保证了基本信标的最大可控,然后通过线性规划算法求取所有从属信标满足可控性的条件,即获得基本信标的控制深度变量.与现有方法相比,该策略优点在于只需加入少量的控制库所,就可避免不必要的迭代过程;其次是提出控制器输出弧位置优化策略,得到了结构更为简单、许可行为更多的非阻塞Petri网控制器.     

Petri网的子类G–system网的死锁控制策略

由于柔性制造系统中的死锁问题与对应建模Petri网中信标密切相关, 如何准确和快捷地求解这样的信标, 对于基于信标可控的死锁控制策略设计而言, 是十分重要的. 本文提出了基于G-system网灵巧信标的迭代式求解与受控的死锁控制策略. 与目前求解导致死锁信标所采用的部分枚举方法相比, 该方法避免了先求解出最大的死标识信标, 进而从中提取极小信标的步骤, 提高了信标的计算效率. 同时, 通过添加适当的控制库所, 使得灵巧信标满足max'-controlled, 获取的活性受控G–system网系统的许可行为数目可以得到进一步的提升. 通过理论分析和算例验证, 表明了该死锁控制策略的正确性和有效性.     

基于信标的柔性制造系统的优化死锁预防策略

针对柔性制造系统（FMS）中的死锁问题,根据矩阵理论给出了Petri网中基本信标的概念,进而提出一种基于基本信标和混合整数规划法（MIP）的死锁预防策略．该策略将最优基本信标作为控制对象,以混合整数规划法给出的系统无死锁条件为目标函数．不考虑从属信标受控条件便可在多项式时间内使系统受控．该控制策略的显著特点是以较低的计算复杂度实现整个系统受控,并使需要添加的控制库所和连接弧大大减少．控制实例证明了其有效性．     

基于混合整数规划的一般Petri网死锁检测方法

信标的受控性是检测柔性制造系统(flexible manufacturing system,FMS)Petri网模型是否存在死锁的关键因素.对于普通Petri网,在任何可达标识下所有信标不被清空是检测网系统非死锁的充分条件.然而,该条件对于建模能力更强的一般Petri网并不适用,max可控性条件由此产生.研究证明,该条件对于一般Petri网的死锁检测过于严格了.虽然其后有很多研究者通过改进max可控性条件以求给出条件更宽松的一般Petri网非死锁的充分条件,但大部分的研究成果都仅仅局限于一种顺序资源共享分配系统Petri网模型S4PR(systems of sequential systems with shared resources)网.因此,本文在max可控性条件的基础上提出了新的名为max#可控的信标可控性条件,并在此条件的基础上实现了基于混合整数规划(mixed integer programming,MIP)的死锁检测方法.与现有研究成果相比,max#可控性条件更宽松,可适用于更多类型的一般网,为解决大规模柔性制造系统中死锁监督控制器的结构复杂性问题提供了有力的理论支撑.     

一类活性Petri网控制器的冗余检测及结构简化

S4R(systems of sequential systems with shared resources)网是分析和解决柔性制造系统死锁现象常用的一种重要的Petri网子类模型,现有的基于S4R网的死锁预防方法通常采用对部分或者全部严格极小信标添加控制库所来实现.此类方法的不足在于得到的活性S4R控制器中往往存在冗余控制库所.针对已为网中每一个严格极小信标都逐一添加了控制库所和相关连接弧的活性S4R控制器,本文提出并设计了一种基于整数规划技术的冗余检测及结构简化方法,由此得到结构更简单、行为允许度更高的活性S4R控制器.该方法的核心思想是:如果网中已经存在一个p-不变式使得某个严格极小信标满足最大受控条件,那么为该严格极小信标添加的控制库所就是冗余的.由于该方法无需进行Petri网的可达性分析,避免了状态组合爆炸问题,因此具有较高的可行性和计算效率.最后用实验验证了本文方法的正确性和有效性.     

普通Petri网最大可达数的两段式死锁控制策略

针对普通Petri网的死锁问题,本文提出了可实现最大可达数的两段式死锁控制策略(deadlock control policy,DCP).第1步,该策略求解原网(N0,M0)的基本信标(elementary siphons,ES)和从属信标(dependent siphons,DS),对每个基本信标添加控制库所(control place,CP)和控制变迁(control transition,CT),获得拓展网系统(N′,M′).第2步,构建拓展网系统的P–不变式整数规划问题,测试原网中从属信标的可控性.若所有从属信标满足可控条件,则直接得到活性受控网系统(N*,M*);反之,对不满足可控条件的从属信标也添加控制库所和变迁,从而也得到了(N*,M*).通过理论分析和算例验证,表明了该死锁控制策略的正确性和有效性.相比目前文献中的可实现最大许可行为数目(number of maximally permissive behavior,NMPB)的普通Petri网死锁预防策略,该DCP获取的活性受控网系统(N*,M*)可达数目与原网(N0,M0)是相同的,且最大可达数(maximally reachable number,MRN)高于最大许可行为数目NMPB.     

基于混合整数规划的非阻塞监督控制器设计

提出一种新的死锁控制策略, 保证含有并发执行装配过程的一类柔性制造系统(Flexible manufacturing system, FMS) G-system的非阻塞性, 即在控制下, 受控系统从任意可达状态都可到达理想状态. 首先对Petri网模型运用混合整数规划算法求取一个最大的死信标, 然后从最大的死信标中求取一个需要受控的极小信标, 并对其添加控制库所, 从而保证所有信标的最大可控. 和现有方法相比, 该策略避免了求取所有的信标, 且添加较少的控制库所即可获得结构简单、许可行为趋于最优的控制器.     

一种改进型的S4PR网活性条件

研究了顺序资源共享分配系统的建模模型S4PR (Systems of sequential systems with shared resources)网的活性问题. 已有的研究成果表明, 一个S4PR网在所有信标都满足max, max'或max"-controlled 时能保持活性, 但现有的活性条件对信标的限制严格且不适用于某些网系统, 本文提出了一类名为max*-controlled的改进型条件, 并证明了当一个S4PR网的所有信标都满足max*-controlled条件时, 网系统能保持活性. 与现有的其他条件相比, 新的活性条件更加宽松, 为设计更高允许度的死锁预防或者活性保持监控器提供了理论支撑.     

Elementary siphons of Petri nets and their application to deadlock prevention in flexible manufacturing systems

A variety of important Petri net-based methods to prevent deadlocks arising in flexible manufacturing systems (FMS) are to add some control places and related arcs to strict minimal siphons (SMS) such that no siphon can be emptied. Since the number of minimal siphons grows in general exponentially with respect to a Petri net size, their disadvantages lie in that they often add too many additional places to the net, thereby making the resulting net model much more complex than the original one. This paper explores ways to minimize the new additions of places while achieving the same control purpose. It proposes for the first time the concept of elementary siphons that are a special class of siphons. The set of elementary siphons in a Petri net is generally a proper subset of the set of all SMS. Its smaller cardinality becomes evident in large Petri net models. This paper proves that by adding a control place for each elementary siphon to make sure that it is marked, deadlock can be successfully prevented. Compared with the existing methods, the new method requires a much smaller number of control places and, therefore, is suitable for large-scale Petri nets. An FMS example is used to illustrate the proposed concepts and policy, and show the significant advantage over the previous methods.     

Extended Elementary Siphons and Their Application to Liveness‐Enforcement of Generalized Petri Nets

As a significant structural object, siphons are extensively employed to implement a large number of deadlock prevention and liveness‐enforcing methods for flexible manufacturing systems modeled by Petri nets. By linear combinations, a set of elementary siphons is chosen from all strict minimal ones to be controlled and thus the structural complexity of a supervisor is greatly reduced. The concept of elementary siphons is originally proposed for ordinary Petri nets. When applied to generalized Petri nets, their selection and controllability require an additional study. In this work, the concept of augmented siphons is proposed to extend the application of the elementary ones to a class of generalized Petri nets, GLS³PR. Based on graph theory, a siphon extraction algorithm is developed to obtain all strict minimal siphons, from which augmented elementary ones are computed. In addition, the controllability conditions of dependent siphons are developed. Through fully investigating the net structure, especially weight information, the set of augmented elementary siphons is more compact and well suits for generalized Petri net models under consideration. Some examples are used to illustrate the proposed method.     

On Siphon Computation for Deadlock Control in a Class of Petri Nets

As a structural object, siphons are well recognized in the analysis and control of deadlocks in resource allocation systems modeled with Petri nets. Many deadlock prevention policies characterize the deadlock behavior of the systems in terms of siphons and utilize this characterization to avoid deadlocks. This paper develops a novel methodology to find interesting siphons for deadlock control purposes in a class of Petri nets, i.e., a system of simple sequential processes with resources . Resource circuits in an are first detected, from which, in general, a small portion of emptiable minimal siphons can be derived. The remaining emptiable ones can be found by their composition. A polynomial-time algorithm for finding the set of elementary siphons is proposed, which avoids complete siphon enumeration. It is shown that a dependent siphon can always be controlled by properly supervising its elementary siphons. A computationally efficient deadlock control policy is accordingly developed. Experimental study shows the efficiency of the proposed siphon computation approach.     

A deadlock prevention approach for a class of timed Petri nets using elementary siphons

To solve the problem of deadlock prevention for timed Petri nets, an effective deadlock prevention policy based on elementary siphons is proposed in this paper. Without enumerating reachable markings, deadlock prevention is achieved by adding monitors for elementary siphons, increasing control depth variables when necessary, and removing implicit, liveness‐restricted and redundant control places. The final supervisor is live. First, a timed Petri net is stretched into a stretched Petri net (SPN). Unchanging the system performance, each transition in the SPN has a unit delay time. Then the siphon‐control‐based approach is applied. Monitors computed according to the marking constraints are added to the SPN model to ensure all strict minimal siphons in the net invariant‐controlled. A liveness‐enforcing supervisor with simple structure can be obtained by reverting the SPN into a TdPN. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley and Sons Asia Pte Ltd and Chinese Automatic Control Society     

A deadlock prevention approach for flexible manufacturing systems without complete siphon enumeration of their Petri net models

Siphons are very important in the analysis and control of deadlocks in a Petri net. However, it is quite time-consuming or even impossible to get the complete siphon enumeration of a Petri net. This paper focuses on the deadlock prevention problems in flexible manufacturing systems that are modeled with S⁴PR, a general class of Petri nets. The analysis of S⁴PR leads us to characterize deadlock situations in terms of insufficiently marked siphons. The method proposed in this paper is an iterative approach. At each iteration, a non-max-marked siphon is computed by solving a mixed integer linear programming problem. Then the siphon is max-marked through a P-invariant by adding a monitor place. This process is carried out until no non-max-marked siphon can be found in the net. As a result all the siphons in the net are max-controlled. Then the net becomes live. Without computing all the siphons, a monitor-based liveness-enforcing Petri net supervisor can be found with more permissive behavior. A number of flexible manufacturing examples are used to demonstrate the proposed methods.     

On Controllability of Dependent Siphons for Deadlock Prevention in Generalized Petri Nets

A fair amount of research has shown the importance of siphons in the analysis and control of deadlocks in a variety of resource allocation systems by using a Petri net formalism. In this paper, siphons in a generalized Petri net are classified into elementary and dependent ones, as done for ordinary nets in our previous work. Conditions are derived under which a dependent siphon is controlled by properly supervising its elementary siphons, which indicates that the controllability of dependent siphons in an ordinary Petri net is a special case of that in a generalized one. The application of the controllability of dependent siphons is shown by considering the deadlock prevention problem for a class of resource allocation systems, namely, G-system that allows multiple resource acquisitions and flexible routings in a flexible manufacturing system with machining, assembly, and disassembly operations. We develop a monitor-based deadlock prevention policy that first adds monitors for elementary siphons only to a G-system plant model such that the resultant net system satisfies the maximal controlled-siphon property (maximal cs-property). Then, by linear programming, initial tokens in the additional monitors are decided such that liveness is enforced to the supervised system. Also, a simplified live marking relationship for a G-system between the initial tokens of the source places and those of the resource places is derived. Finally, the proposed deadlock prevention methods are illustrated by using an example.     

Necessary and sufficient liveness condition of GS3PR Petri nets

Structural analysis is one of the most important and efficient methods to investigate the behaviour of Petri nets. Liveness is a significant behavioural property of Petri nets. Siphons, as structural objects of a Petri net, are closely related to its liveness. Many deadlock control policies for flexible manufacturing systems (FMS) modelled by Petri nets are implemented via siphon control. Most of the existing methods design liveness-enforcing supervisors by adding control places for siphons based on their controllability conditions. To compute a liveness-enforcing supervisor with as much as permissive behaviour, it is both theoretically and practically significant to find an exact controllability condition for siphons. However, the existing conditions, max, max′, and max″-controllability of siphons are all overly restrictive and generally sufficient only. This paper develops a new condition called max*-controllability of the siphons in generalised systems of simple sequential processes with resources (GS³PR), which are a net subclass that can model many real-world automated manufacturing systems. We show that a GS³PR is live if all its strict minimal siphons (SMS) are max*-controlled. Compared with the existing conditions, i.e., max-, max′-, and max″-controllability of siphons, max*-controllability of the SMS is not only sufficient but also necessary. An example is used to illustrate the proposed method.     

An iterative method for synthesizing non-blocking supervisors for a class of generalized Petri nets using mathematical programming

This paper presents a novel and computational deadlock prevention policy for a class of generalized Petri nets, namely G-systems, which allows multiple resource acquisitions and flexible routings with machining, assembly and disassembly operations. In this research, a mixed integer programming (MIP)-based deadlock detection technique is used to find an insufficiently marked minimal siphon from a maximal deadly marked siphon for generalized Petri nets. In addition, two-stage control method is employed for deadlock prevention in Petri net model. Such proposed method is an iterative approach consisting of two stages. The first one is called siphons control, which adds a control place to the original net for each insufficiently marked minimal siphon. The objective is to prevent minimal siphons from being insufficiently marked. The second one, called control-induced siphons control, is to add a control place to the augmented net with its output arcs connecting to source transitions, which assures that there is no new insufficiently marked siphon generated due to the addition of the monitors. Compared with the existing approaches, the proposed deadlock prevention policy can usually lead to a non-blocking supervisor with more permissive behavior and high computational efficiency for a sizeable plant model due to avoiding complete siphon enumeration. Finally, a practical flexible manufacturing system (FMS) example is utilized to illustrate the proposed method.     

Suboptimal liveness-enforcing supervisor design for a class of generalised Petri nets using partial siphon enumeration and mathematical programming

This article develops a deadlock prevention policy for a class of generalised Petri nets, which can well model a large class of flexible manufacturing systems. The analysis of such a system leads us to characterise the deadlock situations in terms of the insufficiently marked siphons in its generalised Petri-net model. The proposed policy is carried out in an iterative way. At each step a minimal siphon is derived from a maximal deadly marked siphon that is found by solving a mixed integer programming (MIP) problem. An algorithm is formalised that can efficiently compute such a minimal siphon from a maximal one. A monitor is added for a derived minimal siphon such that it is max-controlled if it is elementary with respect to the siphons that have been derived. The liveness of the controlled system is decided by the fact that no siphon can be derived due to the MIP solution. After a liveness-enforcing net supervisor computed without complete siphon enumeration, the output-arcs of the additional monitors are rearranged such that the monitors act while restricting the system less. Examples are presented to demonstrate the proposed method.