Abstract
Based on the systems of simple sequential processes with resources ((SPR)-P-3) model, the existing methods involve prohibitive computation to synthesize a deadlock prevention controller for automated manufacturing systems (AMS). To reduce the computation, this work studies this problem by using a resource-oriented Petri net (ROPN) model. By revealing the relationship between the bad markings and structural properties of an ROPN, it presents a method such that a deadlock prevention controller can be obtained by simple calculation. By such a controller, for each strongly connected subnet in an ROPN, only one control place is needed such that it is structurally very simple. Furthermore, a condition is given under which a maximally permissive controller can be efficiently obtained, which was never seen before. Examples are used to show the application and performance of the proposed method. (C) 2015 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.