- Errata
Published in September 1999 by
Kluwer Academic Publishers,
848 pages.
Hardbound, ISBN 0-7923-8609-4
Second Edition available from Springer
769 pages.
Hardbound, ISBN 978-0-387-33332-8
About the authors:
Christos G. Cassandras, cgc AT bu.edu
Stephane Lafortune, stephane
AT eecs.umich.edu
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ABOUT THE BOOK
ABBREVIATED PREFACE:
The rapid evolution of computing, communication, and sensor
technologies has brought about the proliferation of
"new" dynamic systems, mostly technological and often highly
complex. Examples are all around us: computer and communication networks;
automated manufacturing systems; air traffic control systems; and distributed
software systems. The "activity" in these systems is governed by
operational rules designed by humans; their dynamics are thereforecharacterized
by asynchronous occurrences of discrete events. These features lend themselves
to the term discrete event system for thiS class of
dynamic systems.
A substantial portion of this book is a revised version of
Discrete Event Systems: Modeling and Performance Analysis (1993), written by
the first author, which received the 1999
HAROLD CHESTNUT PRIZE awarded
by the International Federation of Automatic Control for best control
engineering textbook. This new expanded book is intended to be a comprehensive
introduction to the field of discrete event systems, emphasizing breadth of
coverage and accessibility of the material to readers with possibly different
backgrounds. Its key feature is the emphasis placed on a unified modeling
framework that transcends specific application areas and allows linking of the
following topics in a coherent manner: language and automata theory,
supervisory control, Petri net theory, (max,+)
algebra, Markov chains and queuEing theory,
discrete-event simulation, perturbation analysis, and concurrent estimation
techniques. Until now, these topics had been treated in separate books or in research
literature only.
Introduction to Discrete Event Systems is written as a
textbook for courses at the senior undergraduate level or the first-year
graduate level. It will be of interest to students in a variety of disciplines
where the study of discrete event systems is relevant: control, communications,
computer engineering, computer science, manufacturing engineering, operations
research, and industrial engineering.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Preface
1. Systems and Models
Introduction
System and Control Basics
Discrete Event Systems
Summary of System
Classifications
The Goals of System Theory
Summary & Problems
Selected References
2. Languages and Automata
Introduction
The Concepts of Languages and
Automata
Operations on Automata
Finite-State Automata
Analysis of Discrete-Event
Systems
Summary & Problems
Selected References
3. Supervisory Control
Introduction
Feedback Control with
Supervisors
Specifications on Controlled
System
Dealing with Uncontrollability
Dealing with Blocking
Modular Control
Dealing with Unobservability
Decentralized Control
Summary & Problems
Selected References
4. Petri Nets
Introduction
Petri Net Basics
Comparison of Petri Nets and
Automata
Analysis of Petri Nets
Summary & Problems
Selected References
5. Timed Models
Introduction
Timed Automata
Timed Petri Nets
Dioid
Algebras
Concluding Comments
Summary & Problems
Selected References
6. Stochastic Timed
Automata
Introduction
Stochastic Process Basics
Stochastic Clock Structures
Stochastic Timed Automata
The Generalized Semi-Markov
Process
The Poisson Counting Process
Properties of the Poisson
Process
Automata with Poisson Clock
Structure
Extensions of the GSMP
Summary & Problems
Selected References
7. Markov Chains
Introduction
Discrete-Time Markov Chains
Continuous-Time Markov Chains
Birth-Death Chains
Uniformization
of Markov Chains
Summary & Problems
Selected References
8. Introduction to Queueing Theory
Introduction
Specification of Queueing Models
Performance of a Queueing System
Queueing
System Dynamics
Little's
Law
Simple Markovian
Queueing Systems
Markovian
Queueing Networks
Non-Markovian
Queueing Systems
Summary & Problems
Selected References
9. Controlled Markov Chains
Introduction
Applying "Control" in
Markov Chains
Markov Decision Processes
Solving Markov Decision
Problems
Control of Queuing Systems
Summary & Problems
Selected References
10.Introduction to
Discrete-Event Simulation
Introduction
The Event Scheduling Scheme
The Process-Oriented Simulation
Scheme
Discrete-Event Simulation
Languages
Random Number Generation
Random Variate
Generation
Output Analysis
Summary & Problems
Selected References
11. Sensitivity Analysis & Concurrent Estimation
Introduction
Sample Functions and Their
Derivatives
Perturbation Analysis: Some Key
Ideas
PA of GI/G/ 1 Queuing Systems
IPA for Stochastic Timed
Automata
Sensitivity Estimation
Revisited
Extensions of IPA
Smoothed Perturbation Analysis
(SPA)
PA for Finite Parameter Changes
Concurrent Estimation
Summary & Problems
Selected References
Appendices
I. Review of
Probability Theory
II. IPA Estimator
Index
ERRATA
PDF file of Errata in the book: errata.pdf
If you find a typographical error or have any questions
regarding any part of the book, please contact either author:
Christos
G. Cassandras, cgc
AT bu.edu
Stephane Lafortune, stephane AT eecs.umich.edu
INSTRUCTOR’S AIDS
- Solutions to all problems are
available directly from the authors.
- Additional software, interactive web sites, animated presentations on special topics related to Discrete Event Systems are listed in Related Web Sites.
FEEDBACK TO AUTHORS
The authors would appreciate to hear your comments on the book,
suggestions, specific questions, or any issue related to Discrete Event
Systems. Please contact either author:
Christos
G. Cassandras, cgc
AT bu.edu
Stephane Lafortune, stephane AT eecs.umich.edu
RELATED WEB SITES
- Several web sites may be
accessed from http://people.bu.edu/cgc/Resources
including a multimedia introduction to Discrete Event Systems and a number of
interactive java applets.
- The library of routines UMDES-LIB may be downloaded from http://www.eecs.umics.edu/umdes
- For information on the software package CTCT visit http://www.control.utoronto.ca/DES
- The “World of Petri Nets” is located at
http://www.informatik.uni-hamburg.de/TGI/PetriNets/
