Kurt Jensen Libri

Focusing on practical applications, this volume presents 19 detailed case studies of CP-nets, primarily from industrial projects. It highlights key insights and experiences valuable for both seasoned practitioners and newcomers to constructing and analyzing large CPN models. Each chapter credits the original authors and references their published work, offering a deeper understanding of the modeled systems. The editor has refined the CP-nets for clarity and educational purposes, ensuring that the core behavior of the models remains unchanged.

Focusing on Coloured Petri Nets (CP-nets), this comprehensive three-volume work explores both theoretical and practical dimensions of the model. It traces the evolution of CP-nets into a robust language for designing and implementing complex systems, emphasizing accessibility for application-oriented readers. The first volume covers hierarchical CP-nets, foundational concepts like deadlocks and fairness, and includes numerous examples and industrial applications. Additionally, it introduces formal analysis methods and describes tools that enhance practical use.

Coloured Petri Nets (CPN) is a graphical language for modelling and validating concurrent and distributed systems, and other systems in which concurrency plays a major role. The development of such systems is particularly challenging because of inherent intricacies like possible nondeterminism and the immense number of possible execution sequences. In this textbook Jensen and Kristensen introduce the constructs of the CPN modelling language and present the related analysis methods in detail. They also provide a comprehensive road map for the practical use of CPN by showcasing selected industrial case studies that illustrate the practical use of CPN modelling and validation for design, specification, simulation, verification and implementation in various application domains. Their presentation primarily aims at readers interested in the practical use of CPN. Thus all concepts and constructs are first informally introduced through examples and then followed by formal definitions (which may be skipped). The book is ideally suitable for a one-semester course at an advanced undergraduate or graduate level, and through its strong application examples can also serve for self-study. An accompanying website offers additional material such as slides, exercises and project proposals. Book website: http://www.cs.au.dk/CPnets/cpnbook/

Rye Nelson is content with a life of peace and solitude, shared with his grandfather and friends, working on a train that has taken him all over early-1900s America. However, when he's forced out of his routine and sent on a mission to find a father he's never known, anxiety, fear, and loneliness threaten to overwhelm him. Along his journey, Rye crashes his prized one-of-a-kind motorcycle into Red, the leader of a biker gang that has old and ominous ties with his family. Injured and trapped in Red's cavernous hideaway, with little to no freewill, he desperately searches for a way to escape. As luck would have it, his stay with the gang opens a new friendship, one that accompanies him across the country to a strange island. Through a harrowing journey, narrow escape, a daring rescue, and a shootout for the ages, Rye realizes the power of true friendship and the love of family. But, if he is to survive, he must also find inner strength and learn the value of forgiveness. When Rye finds out his father's dark secrets, will he show him grace and accept him as part of his life? Or will he turn his back and remain the same naive young man he was before he left?

The biography explores the complex life of Rouben Mamoulian, an Armenian director known for his influential work in American film and theater. Born in czarist Russia, he directed iconic productions like Porgy and Bess and films such as Love Me Tonight and Silk Stockings. His career was marked by both brilliance and controversy, as he faced conflicts that led to his firing from Porgy and Bess and a resignation from Cleopatra. Mamoulian's blend of genius and stubbornness, along with his reputation for being uncompromising, presents a compelling challenge for biographers.

Focusing on the analysis methods for coloured Petri nets (CP-nets), this second volume provides a comprehensive exploration of techniques that enable modellers to examine the dynamic properties of CP-nets. It delves into both theoretical frameworks and practical applications, making it essential for understanding the intricacies of CP-net analysis.

These Transactions publish archival papers in the broad area of Petri nets and other models of concurrency, ranging from theoretical work to tool support and industrial applications. ToPNoC issues are published as LNCS volumes, and hence are widely distributed and indexed. This Journal has its own Editorial Board which selects papers based on a rigorous two-stage refereeing process. ToPNoC contains: - Revised versions of a selection of the best papers from workshops and tutorials at the annual Petri net conferences - Special sections/issues within particular subareas (similar to those published in the Advances in Petri Nets series) - Other papers invited for publication in ToPNoC - Papers submitted directly to ToPNoC by their authors The fifth volume of ToPNoC contains revised versions of selected papers from workshops and tutorials held in conjunction with the 31st International Conference on Application and Theory of Petri Nets and Other Models of Concurrency, as well as a contributed paper selected through the regular submission track of ToPNoC. The 12 papers cover a diverse range of topics including model checking and system verification, synthesis, foundational work on specific classes of Petri nets, and innovative applications of Petri nets and other models of concurrency. Thus, this volume gives a good view of ongoing concurrent systems and Petri nets research.

This volume presents the proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Tools and Algorithms for the Construction and Analysis of Systems (TACAS 2004), held in Barcelona, Spain, from March 29 to April 2, as part of the 7th European Joint Conferences on Theory and Practice of Software (ETAPS 2004). The conference serves as a forum for researchers, developers, and users focused on rigorously based tools for system construction and analysis. It aims to bridge gaps among various communities, including formal methods, software and hardware verification, static analysis, programming languages, software engineering, real-time systems, and communication protocols, all sharing common interests in tool development. By facilitating discussions on shared problems, heuristics, algorithms, data structures, and methodologies, TACAS supports researchers in enhancing the utility, reliability, flexibility, and efficiency of system-building tools. The conference seeks theoretical papers linked to tool construction, descriptions of relevant algorithms and their practical implementations, insights into tools and methodologies, and case studies conveying conceptual messages.