Remarks on the Reachability Graphs of Petri Nets

The question is considered - which graphs are isomorphic to the reachability graphs of Petri nets. Reachability graphs, or sets of achievable states, represent sets of all possible different network states resulting from a given initial state s0 by a finite chain of permissible transitions. They hav...

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Main Author: Yuriy Anatol’yevich Belov
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Language:English
Published: Yaroslavl State University 2022-12-01
Series:Моделирование и анализ информационных систем
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Online Access:https://www.mais-journal.ru/jour/article/view/1752
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description The question is considered - which graphs are isomorphic to the reachability graphs of Petri nets. Reachability graphs, or sets of achievable states, represent sets of all possible different network states resulting from a given initial state s0 by a finite chain of permissible transitions. They have a natural structure of an oriented graph with a dedicated initial state, all other states of which are reachable from the initial one, taking into account orientation. At the same time, if the network transitions are marked, the reachability graphs also receive the corresponding marks of all arcs. At the same time, the concept of isomorphism of marked graphs arises, but this publication deals only with issues for networks without markings. Even for this simpler case, some questions remain open. The paper proves that any finite directed graph is modeled by a suitable Petri net, that is, it is isomorphic to the reachability graph of the network. For infinite graphs, examples of non-modeled graphs are given.
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spelling doaj-art-a5fb46eb0a7e4a5a85bc99ea77633a202025-08-20T04:00:19ZengYaroslavl State UniversityМоделирование и анализ информационных систем1818-10152313-54172022-12-0129436637110.18255/1818-1015-2022-4-366-3711357Remarks on the Reachability Graphs of Petri NetsYuriy Anatol’yevich Belov0P. G. Demidov Yaroslavl State UniversityThe question is considered - which graphs are isomorphic to the reachability graphs of Petri nets. Reachability graphs, or sets of achievable states, represent sets of all possible different network states resulting from a given initial state s0 by a finite chain of permissible transitions. They have a natural structure of an oriented graph with a dedicated initial state, all other states of which are reachable from the initial one, taking into account orientation. At the same time, if the network transitions are marked, the reachability graphs also receive the corresponding marks of all arcs. At the same time, the concept of isomorphism of marked graphs arises, but this publication deals only with issues for networks without markings. Even for this simpler case, some questions remain open. The paper proves that any finite directed graph is modeled by a suitable Petri net, that is, it is isomorphic to the reachability graph of the network. For infinite graphs, examples of non-modeled graphs are given.https://www.mais-journal.ru/jour/article/view/1752petri netsnetwork reachability graphnetwork coverage graphgraph isomorphism
spellingShingle Yuriy Anatol’yevich Belov
Remarks on the Reachability Graphs of Petri Nets
Моделирование и анализ информационных систем
petri nets
network reachability graph
network coverage graph
graph isomorphism
title Remarks on the Reachability Graphs of Petri Nets
title_full Remarks on the Reachability Graphs of Petri Nets
title_fullStr Remarks on the Reachability Graphs of Petri Nets
title_full_unstemmed Remarks on the Reachability Graphs of Petri Nets
title_short Remarks on the Reachability Graphs of Petri Nets
title_sort remarks on the reachability graphs of petri nets
topic petri nets
network reachability graph
network coverage graph
graph isomorphism
url https://www.mais-journal.ru/jour/article/view/1752
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