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Deadlock and Collision Avoidance in Railway Networks with Dynamic Routing: A Petri Net Approach with Partial Controllability and Observability

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This paper proposes a deadlocks and collision-free train control synthesis. The proposed control routes dynamically the trains in a railway node considering the position of the other trains. The system is modelled using Petri Nets having uncontrollable and unobservable transitions. The presented control method avoids deadlock in a specific class of Petri Net, the Simple Sequential System of Processes with Multiples Resources (S3PMR) with partial observability and controllability. The control law is implemented by monitor places.

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Cazenave, P., Khlif-Bouassida, M., Toguyéni, A. (2022). Deadlock and Collision Avoidance in Railway Networks with Dynamic Routing: A Petri Net Approach with Partial Controllability and Observability. In: Zattoni, E., Simani, S., Conte, G. (eds) 15th European Workshop on Advanced Control and Diagnosis (ACD 2019). ACD 2019 2018. Lecture Notes in Control and Information Sciences - Proceedings. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-85318-1_69

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