Fourier-Motzkin method for failure diagnosis in Petri Net models of discrete event systems

This paper presents a new technique for failure diagnosis in partially observable discrete event systems modelled as Petri nets. In this new technique we adopt Integer Fourier-Motzkin Elimination (IFME) method. We start with a Petri net and produce the state equations. The state equations are a set of integer valued inequalities in variables that represent number of firing of transitions. Occurrences of failure can also be expressed by...