Stochastic Petri Nets : Modelling, Stability, Simulation (Springer Series in Operations Research) (2002. XXII, 509 p. w. 71 ill. 24 cm)

A work about stochastic Petri nets (SPNs), which have proven to be a popular tool for modelling and performance analysis of complex discrete-event stochastic systems. It focuses on methods for modelling a system as an SPN with general firing times and for studying the long-run behavior of the resulting SPN model using computer simulation.