Introduction to Discrete Event Systems (The International Series on Discrete Event Dynamic Systems)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: September 30, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 828
ISBN-13: 9780792386094
Subjects: Cybernetics & systems theory; Mathematics; Science/Mathematics; General; System analysis; Discrete Mathematics (Computer Science); Operations Research (Engineering); Computers; Science; Computer Books: Languages; Programming - Systems Analysis & Design; Operations Research; Engineering - Electrical & Electronic; System Theory; Mathematics / Discrete Mathematics; Computer Science; Discrete-time systems
First sentence: As its title suggests, this book is about a special class of systems which in recent decades have become an integral part of our world.
Description: "This new expanded book is intended to be a comprehensive introduction to the field of discrete event systems, emphasizing breadth of coverage and accessibility of the material to readers with possibly different backgrounds.

Its key feature is the emphasis placed on a unified modeling framework that transcends specific application areas and allows linking of the following topics in a coherent manner: language and automata theory, supervisory control, Petri net theory, (max,+) algebra, Markov chains and queueing theory, discrete-event simulation, perturbation analysis, and concurrent estimation techniques. Until now, these topics had been treated in separate books or in the research literature only."--BOOK JACKET.

"Introduction to Discrete Event Systems is written as a textbook for courses at the senior undergraduate level or the first-year graduate level. It will be of interest to students in a variety of disciplines where the study of discrete event systems is relevant: control, communications, computer engineering, computer science, manufacturing engineering, operations research, and industrial engineering."--BOOK JACKET.