| Article ID: | iaor20011230 |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Volume: | 38 |
| Issue: | 8 |
| Start Page Number: | 1917 |
| End Page Number: | 1945 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2000 |
| Journal: | International Journal of Production Research |
| Authors: | Jiang Zhibin, Zou Ming J., Fung Richard, Y.K., Tu Paul Yiliu |
| Keywords: | petri nets |
One of the difficulties in modelling dynamic production systems is the representation of changes to the system along time. Coloured Petri nets with changeable structure (CPN-CS) are capable of modelling systems subject to change. However, this is restricted to functionality modelling of the system. In this paper, we extend CPN-CSs into temporized CPN-CS (TCPN-CS). The extension is carried out by associating relevant modelling elements with time parameters and modifying the mechanism for structure change of the CPN-CS model. TCPN-CS makes it possible to model a dynamic production system considering both functionality and performance. A case study is provided to show that TCPN-CS is effective for modelling dynamic production systems.