Using High-Level Petri Nets with Object-Orientation for modeling Flexible Manufacturing Systems

Due to their increasing complexity, the research in the area of Flexible Manufacturing Systems (FMS) is still is in a continuous increase. In this paper we consider the design and the modeling aspects of FMS from an object-oriented perspective. We use the formalism of High-Level Petri Nets with Object-Orientation (HLPNOO) to model an FMS by considering a number of basic FMS components. Each component of a FMS is modeled as a class from the HLPNOO formalism, as well a the entire FMS and its controller. We will strengthen the proposed method with a modeling example.