Download or read book Application of Petri Nets to Communication Networks written by Jonathan Billington and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 1999-04-21 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Petri nets offer a mathematically defined technique for the specification, design, analysis, verification and performance evaluation of concurrent distributed systems. Communications networks, ranging from traditional telecommunication systems to advanced Internet-based information services, are inherently distributed and comprise systems with concurrently operating components. This volume presents a selection of the latest advances in the use of Petri nets for the modeling, analysis and management of communication networks and systems in the broadest sense of these terms.