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Well defined procedures for the construction of models are necessary in order to support the real applicability of modelling techniques in the industrial settings where practical engineering means are required to model and evaluate complex systems and productive processes. This paper describes the application of two different approaches to the construction of Petri Nets models and provides some general hints on the modelling process. In particular, starting from a simple working example we suggest that a behavioural approach, modularity in the model construction phases, and integration of different modelling techniques could contribute to improve the efficiency in many fields of research, development and its controlling.
This work has been supported in part by grants from MURST: “Metodologie e strumenti di progetto di sistemi ad alte prestazioni per applicazioni distribuite. Sottoprogetto Sistemi Reattivi”.
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Mazzocca, N., Russo, S., Vittorini, V. (1999). The Modelling Process and Petri Nets: Reasoning on Different Approaches. In: Scholz-Reiter, B., Stahlmann, HD., Nethe, A. (eds) Process Modelling. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-60120-0_3
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