Bo Huang & MengChu Zhou 
Supervisory Control and Scheduling of Resource Allocation Systems 
Reachability Graph Perspective

Presents strategies with reachability graph analysis for optimizing resource allocation systems

Supervisory Control and Scheduling of Resource Allocation Systems offers an important guide to Petri net (PN) models and methods for supervisory control and system scheduling of resource allocation systems (RASs). Resource allocation systems are common in automated manufacturing systems, project management systems, cloud data centers, and software engineering systems. The authors–two experts on the topic–present a definition, techniques, models, and state-of-the art applications of supervisory control and scheduling problems.

The book introduces the basic concepts and research background on resource allocation systems and Petri nets. The authors then focus on the deadlock-free supervisor synthesis for RASs using Petri nets. The book also investigates the heuristic scheduling of RASs based on timed Petri nets. Conclusions and open problems are provided in the last section of the book.

This important book:

* Includes multiple methods for supervisory control and scheduling with reachability graphs, and provides illustrative examples

* Reveals how to accelerate the supervisory controller design and system scheduling of RASs based on PN reachability graphs, with optimal or near-optimal results

* Highlights both solution quality and computational speed in RAS deadlock handling and system scheduling

Written for researchers, engineers, scientists, and professionals in system planning and control, engineering, operation, and management, Supervisory Control and Scheduling of Resource Allocation Systems provides an essential guide to the supervisory control and scheduling of resource allocation systems (RASs) using Petri net reachability graphs, which allow for multiple resource acquisitions and exible routings.

Table of Content

Preface xi

Acknowledgments xv

Glossary xvii

Acronyms xxiii

PART I RESOURCE ALLOCATION SYSTEMS AND PETRI NET

1 Introduction 3

2 Preliminaries 9

PART II SUPERVISORY CONTROL

3 Behaviorally Maximal and Structurally Minimal Supervisor 37

4 Supervisor Design with Fewer Places 51

5 Redundant Constraints Elimination 67

6 Fast Iterative Supervisory Design 83

7 Supervisor Synthesis with Uncontrollable and Unobservable Transitions 101

PART III HEURISTIC SCHEDULING

8 Informed Heuristic Search in Reachability Graph 121

9 Controllable Heuristic Search 137

10 Hybrid Heuristic Search 157

11 More Informed Heuristics 167

12 Symbolic Heuristic Search 177

13 Open Problems 197

Bibliography 203

Index 217

About the author

BO HUANG, PHD, is a Full Professor with the School of Computer Science and Engineering at Nanjing University of Science and Technology (NUST).

MENGCHU ZHOU, PHD, is a Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and the Director of Discrete-Event Systems Laboratory at the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT).