Assessing the Graphical and Algorithmic Structure of Hierarchical Coloured Petri Net Models

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1994
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MacDonell, Stephen Gerard
Benwell, GL
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Australian Computer Society Digital Library
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Petri nets, as a modelling formalism, are utilised for the analysis of processes, whether for explicit understanding, database design or business process re-engineering. The formalism, however, can be represented on a virtual continuum from highly graphical to largely algorithmic. The use and understanding of the formalism will, in part, therefore depend on the resultant complexity and power of the representation and, on the graphical or algorithmic preference of the user. This paper develops a metric which will indicate the graphical or algorithmic tendency of hierarchical coloured Pctri nets.

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Australian Journal of Information Systems, vol.2(1), pp.17 - 28
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