Nets-Within-Nets¶
Nets within nets is a modelling method belonging to the family of Petri nets.
Core Idea¶
Nets-Within-Nets is treated here as the recurring computer science and information systems identity summarized by this source-grounded definition: Nets within nets is a modelling method belonging to the family of Petri nets. Nets within nets is a modelling method belonging to the family of Petri nets. This method is distinguished from other sorts of Petri nets by the possibility to provide their tokens with a proper structure, which is based on Petri net modelling again. Hence, a net can contain further net items, being able to move around and fire themselves.
Scope of Application¶
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History. Starting from the need of practical applications, by the mid-nineties, different formalisms have been created, which fit the description of, "nets within nets".
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Communication. The channel inscriptions at the transitions behave like a call of a method, resulting in the synchronised firing of the calling transition in the outer net [e.g. labelled by.
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Documented setting. Nets within nets is a modelling method belonging to the family of Petri nets.
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Documented setting. This method is distinguished from other sorts of Petri nets by the possibility to provide their tokens with a proper structure, which is based on Petri net modelling again.
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Motivation. Nets within nets are well suited for the modelling of distributed systems under the particular aspects of.
Clarity¶
A clear use of Nets-Within-Nets names the carrier, the operative relation, and the conditions under which the source treats the identity as present. The minimal definition is Nets within nets is a modelling method belonging to the family of Petri nets. The strongest recognition evidence in the frozen account is: The earliest use of such hierarchic net models appeared by Rüdiger Valk in Valk and Jessen, where the so-called task-flow.
Manages Complexity¶
Nets-Within-Nets compresses multiple computer science and information systems details into a stable diagnostic relation. The source shows both the central mechanism—starting from the need of practical applications, by the mid-nineties, different formalisms have been created, which fit the description of, "nets within nets".—and the practical consequence—the most important differences in semantics is given by the execution of net tokens.
Abstract Reasoning¶
- Type the carrier. Identify the computer science and information systems entities to which the claim applies.
- State the relation. Use the source-grounded identity: Nets within nets is a modelling method belonging to the family of Petri nets.
- Check operation and conditions. some of these approaches, namely by Sibertin-Blanc, Lakos, Moldt und Wienberg as extending Coloured Petri nets, aside the Object Nets of Valk.
- Demand recognition evidence.
Knowledge Transfer¶
Within the home domain. Knowledge about Nets-Within-Nets transfers literally when a new case preserves the same carrier type, relation, and recognition test. Starting from the need of practical applications, by the mid-nineties, different formalisms have been created, which fit the description of, "nets within nets". The channel inscriptions at the transitions behave like a call of a method, resulting in the synchronised firing of the calling transition in the outer net [e.g. labelled by x:forth()] and the called transition [e.g. labelled by :forth()] in the token net. Beyond the home domain.
Relationships to Other Abstractions¶
Current abstraction Nets-Within-Nets Domain-specific
Parents (1) — more general patterns this builds on
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Nets-Within-Nets is a kind of Petri net Domain-specific
Nets-Within-Nets is a domain-specific kind of petri net under the frozen identity and differentia.
Hierarchy path (1) — routes to 1 parentless root
- Nets-Within-Nets → Petri net → Network → Reservoir-Flux Network → Conservation Laws → Invariance
Neighborhood in Abstraction Space¶
Nets-Within-Nets sits in a sparse region of the domain-specific corpus (69th percentile for distinctiveness): few abstractions share its structure, so a faithful description tends to retrieve it precisely.
Family — Computation Models & Complexity Classes (37 abstractions)
Nearest neighbors
- Configuration Graph — 0.84
- Logico-linguistic modeling — 0.84
- Semantics (logic) — 0.84
- Stream X-Machine — 0.83
- Counter-machine model — 0.83
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