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Petri and how he saw the world

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This article is a short summary and explanation of the scientific work of Carl Adam Petri. The very basics of net theory are sufficient to understand it.

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  1. Fraunhofer Institute for Algorithms and Scientific Computing SCAI, Schloss Birlinghoven, 53754 , Sankt Augustin, Germany

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Smith, E. Petri and how he saw the world. Softw Syst Model 14, 727–733 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10270-014-0427-z

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