Petri Net JS

This is an implementation of Petri net.

Usage

Command line tool

Install it by the following command:

npm install --global @xieyuheng/petri-net-js

The command-line program is called petri-net-js.

petri-net-js repl         # Open an interactive REPL
petri-net-js run [path]   # Run a Petri net program
petri-net-js help [name]  # Display help for a command

Examples

transition processComplaint(
  place input: Complaint
  ------------------------
  place output: ComplaintArchive
) {
  (input) -> [register] -> (c1, c2)
  (c1) -> [sendQuestionnaire] -> (c3)
  (c3) -> [processQuestionnaire] -> (c5)
  (c3) -> [timeout] -> (c5)

  (c5, c6) -> [archive] -> (output)

  (c2) -> <evaluate> -> (c6, c7)
  (c5, c7) -> [processComplaint] -> (c5, c8)
  (c8) -> <checkProcessing> -> (c6, c7)
}

begin {
  place input: Complaint
  place output: ComplaintArchive

  (input) -> [processComplaint] -> (output)

  @send(input, Complaint(1, "xieyuheng"))
  @send(input, Complaint(2, "xieyuheng"))
  @send(input, Complaint(3, "xieyuheng"))

  @receive(output, printComplaint)
}

Development

npm install          # Install dependencies
npm run build        # Compile `src/` to `lib/`
npm run build:watch  # Watch the compilation
npm run test         # Run test

References

Papers:

• Communication with automata, Carl Adam Petri, 1966 (the founding paper).
• The Application of Petri Nets to Workflow Management, Wil van der Aalst, 1998.

License

GPLv3