A novel siphon-based deadlock control method for FMS

Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Publication Date

12-9-2003

Abstract

An important Petri net-based method to prevent deadlocks arising in flexible manufacturing systems (FMS) is to add control places and related arcs to strict minimal siphons (SMS) such that no siphon can be emptied. Its disadvantage lies in that the method often adds too many additional places to the net. This paper explores ways to minimize the new additions of places while achieving the same control purpose. It proposes the concept of elementary siphons that are a special class of SMS and proves that by adding a control place for each elementary siphon to make sure that it is always marked, deadlock can be successfully prevented. Compared with the existing methods, the new method requires a much smaller number of control places and, therefore, is suitable for large-scale Petri nets. An FMS example is used to illustrate the proposed concepts and policy.

Identifier

0344013415 (Scopus)

Publication Title

Proceedings IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

ISSN

10504729

First Page

1452

Last Page

1457

Volume

1

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