Chapter 1 Introduction
1.1 Deadlock solutions
1.2 Deadlock prevention review
1.3 Deadlock avoidance review
1.4 Thesis organization
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Chapter 2 Preliminaries of Petri Nets
2.1 Preliminaries
2.2 Structural invariants
2.3 Siphons and traps
2.4 Main structures modeled with Petri net
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Chapter 3 A Petri Net-based Distributed Control of Assembly Systems
3.1 Petri net-based models with assembly operations
3.2 F-AMG models
3.3 Distributed control of F-AMGs
3.3.1 Critical places in F-AMGs
3.3.2 Distributed controllers in F-AMG
3.4 Illustrative example
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Chapter 4 Distributed Approach to Systems with Complex Structures using Petri Nets
4.1 Construction of AEMG
4.2 Distributed control of AEMG
4.2.1 Critical places in AEMGs
4.2.2 Distributed controllers in AEMGs
4.3 Illustrative example
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Chapter 5 Distributed Control for Forward Conflict Free Structures using Petri Nets
5.1 PN modeling of AMSs
5.2 Distributed control of FCFN
5.2.1 Local control for FCFN-block
5.2.2 Global control for FCFN
5.3 Illustrative example
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Chapter 6 Distributed Control for Systems with Complex Routes and Operations
6.1 PN modeling of AMSs
6.2 Distributed control of WAFNs
6.2.1 Critical places in WAFNs
6.2.2 Distributed controllers in WAFNs
6.3 Illustrative example
6.4 Comparison and discussion
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Chapter 7 Deadlock Characterization and Control of Layered or Hybrid Assembly Systems
7.1 Problem statements
7.2 Distributed control algorithm development over undirected topology
7.3 Deadlock avoidance policy
7.3.1 Avoidance for R-deadlock circuits
7.3.2 Avoidance for R&P-deadlock circuits
7.3.3 Improvement for algorithm
7.4 Illustrative example