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.     

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.     

基于Petri网的柔性制造系统一种预防死锁方法

基于Petri网的结构特性分析,研究了FMS(柔性制造系统)一种预防死锁方法.提出了 Petri网的一种特殊拓扑结构--基本信标的概念.在Petri网中基本信标的集合是SMS(严格极 小信标)集合的一个真子集.尤其在大型Petri网系统中,基本信标的集合比SMS的集合要小得 多.对于Petri网的一个子类S3PR,只对每一个基本信标添加一个库所使其不被清空,就可实现 预防死锁,也就是说无须控制S3PR的所有SMS而达到无信标被清空的目的.此外,对于S3PR, 还提出了一种求取SMS和基本信标的方法.相对于现在普遍采用的控制所有SMS来预防死锁 的策略,其具三方面优势.1)只需控制少量的SMS即所谓的基本信标.相应地,添加少量的控制 库所和连接弧,就可得到无死锁或活的Petri网.2)不需要先行计算出极小信标的集合.3)明显 地,这种方法更适合大型Petri网系统.我们通过穿插在文中的一个例子来说明这些方法.     

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．     

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.     

基于Petri网的无死锁控制器设计

对柔性制造系统提出了一种新的死锁预防控制算法。运用区域理论对Petri网模型设计一个控制器,对控制器中所有严格极小信标求取控制库所与资源库所的代数式,保证了所有的严格极小信标受控。与现有方法相比,该策略不必考虑控制器结构,只需根据这些代数式分布控制器中的资源,就可以得到相应无死锁监督控制器。     

自动制造系统Petri网的公平活性控制策略

基于Petri网的不变式理论,针对典型的自动制造系统,提出了Petri模型强制公平性 和活性的方法.首先,基于网论T-不变式的概念,把系统的网模型设计为一个公平网.此后,利 用P-不变式把一个公平网设计为一个活的且公平网.同时,提出了非冗余严格极小信标的概念, 大大简化了系统的分析与设计.一般说来,非冗余严格极小信标是系统严格极小信标一个小的 子集,尤其对于复杂系统的网模型.研究结果表明,只要使非冗余的严格极小信标受控,则系统 所有的严格极小信标就不会被清空.文中举例说明了这些控制方法的应用.研究结果适用于一 大类柔性制造系统,具有相当的普遍性.这种方法对于自动制造系统的调度设计也具有一定意义 和价值.     

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.     

信标基底的可选择性在制造系统死锁控制中的应用

本文基于Petri网模型,讨论柔性制造系统的死锁控制问题.为了建立结构简单的Petri网控制器,本文在以前的工作中提出了信标基底的概念.信标基底是一组满足特定条件的严格极小信标集合.本文证明基于不同的信标基底,建立的受控系统其容许性能也不同.而容许性是评价死锁控制策略优劣的重要标准之一.故如何选择信标基底,提高受控系统的容许性能是值得研究的问题.本文讨论了使受控系统容许性能大大提高的信标基底的选择条件.基于该条件,为柔性制造系统建立有效的死锁控制策略.最后,通过两个例子解释该条件和策略.     

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.     

Controllability of control and mixture weakly dependent siphons in S3PR

Deadlocks in a flexible manufacturing system modelled by Petri nets arise from insufficiently marked siphons. Monitors are added to control these siphons to avoid deadlocks rendering the system too complicated since the total number of monitors grows exponentially. Li and Zhou propose to add monitors only to elementary siphons while controlling the other (strongly or weakly) dependent siphons by adjusting control depth variables. To avoid generating new siphons, the control arcs are ended at source transitions of process nets. This disturbs the original model more and hence loses more live states. Negative terms in the controllability make the control policy for weakly dependent siphons rather conservative. We studied earlier on the controllability of strongly dependent siphons and proposed to add monitors in the order of basic, compound, control, partial mixture and full mixture (strongly dependent) siphons to reduce the number of mixed integer programming iterations and redundant monitors. This article further investigates the controllability of siphons derived from weakly 2-compound siphons. We discover that the controllability for weakly and strongly compound siphons is similar. It no longer holds for control and mixture siphons. Some control and mixture siphons, derived from strongly 2-compound siphons are not redundant – no longer so for those derived from weakly 2-compound siphons; that is all control and mixture siphons are redundant. They do not need to be the conservative one as proposed by Li and Zhou. Thus, we can adopt the maximally permissive control policy even though new siphons are generated.     

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.     

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.     

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.     

Verification of computing grids with special edge conditions by infinite Petri nets

A technique of the computing grids verification using invariants of infinite Petri nets was presented. Models of square grid structures in the form of parametric Petri nets for such edge conditions as connection of edges and truncated devices were constructed. Infinite systems of linear algebraic equations were composed on parametric Petri nets for calculating p-invariants; their parametric solutions were obtained. P-invariant Petri nets are structurally conservative and bounded that together with liveness are the properties of ideal systems. Liveness investigation based on siphons and traps can be implemented using p-invariants of modified nets.     

State equation, controllability, and maximal matchings of petri nets

Petri nets are a versatile modeling device for studying the structure and control of concurrent systems. Petri nets and related graph models have been used for modeling a wide variety of systems from computers to social systems. In order to introduce this interesting modeling device to the researcher in control theory, this paper discusses Petri nets in the context of the state equation for a linear discrete-time system. The controllability concept of dynamic systems is applied to Petri nets for the first time. It is also shown that the controllability and reachability of a Petri net are related to maximal matchings of its bipartite graph.