Modeling Discrete-Event Systems with GPenSIM

The brief uses GPenSIM to enable the efficient modeling of complex and large-scale discrete-event systems. GPenSIM, which is based on MATLAB^®, is designed to allow easy integration of Petri net models with a vast number of toolboxes that are available on the MATLAB^®. The book offers an approach for developing models that can interact with the external environment; this will help readers to solve problems in industrial diverse fields. These problems include:

• airport capacity evaluation for aviation authorities;
• finding bottlenecks in supply chains;
• scheduling drilling operations in the oil and gas industry; and
• optimal scheduling of jobs in grid computing.

This brief is of interest to researchers working on the modeling, simulation and performance evaluation of discrete-event systems, as it shows them the design and applications of an efficient modeling package. Since the book also explains the basic principles of modeling discrete-event systems in a step-by-step manner, it is also of interest to final-year undergraduate and postgraduate students.