DES (Discrete Event Systems) - Fall 2008


Teacher: Andrea Valente (aaue.dk/~av)
Goal: ...
Book(s): (SUGGESTED - We will only use some chapters)
Introduction to Discrete Event Systems.
by Christos G. Cassandras, Stephane Lafortune. (here)

Course plan:
Lecture nr Date Topic Literature Comments
1 24/9 12:45 B201 Introduction
Structure of the course, main goals.
Slides1
2 1/10 12:45 B201 Modeling
Languages and automata, properties.
[DES chpt 2], slides (and here), and Exercises (to deliver as part of your exam) Take a look at JFLAP
3 28/10 12:45 B204 Petri Nets
introduction, basic properties, examples.
Slides, Exercises (to deliver as part of your exam) Checking this tool: PIPE
4 4/11 12:45 B204 Supervisory Control
definition of supervisory control, how can we control the behavior of an automaton? Examples.
Work on exercises.
[DES chpt 3->3.3] - slides
5 FIND A DAY Supervisory Control II
Uncontrollablility and unobservablility, supremal language, other approaches (Observing Complexity and The Complexity of Observation)
Work on exercises
[DES chpt 3.4->] and Exercises (to deliver as part of your exam)