Abstract
A Petri net library, called PNlib, is presented to enable graphical hierarchical modeling, hybrid simulation and animation of processes in life sciences among others. In order to model these processes, a powerful and universally usable mathematical modeling concept – xHPN (extended Hybrid Petri Nets) – has been established. This formalism is used as specification for the PNlib realized by the object-oriented modeling language Modelica. The PNlib is freely available and can be downloaded on the Modelica homepage www.modelica.org/libraries.
About the authors
Sabrina Proß studied mathematics with minor subjects computer science and business administration at the University of Applied Sciences Bielefeld and received her PhD with the thesis on hybrid modeling and optimization of biological processes at Bielefeld University. She is a member of the main research Applied Mathematical Modeling and Optimization (http://www.fh-bielefeld.de/ammo) and lecturer in mathematics for engineers.
University of Applied Sciences Bielefeld,Am Stadtholz 24, 33602 Bielefeld
Bernhard Bachmann is Professor of Mathematics at the University of Applied Sciences in Bielefeld. His research areas are numerical analysis, nonlinear optimization, and scientific computation with application to object-oriented modeling and simulation of dynamical systems. He is a member of the main research Applied Mathematical Modeling and Optimization, of the Open Source Modelica Consortium, and of the Modelica Association.
University of Applied Sciences Bielefeld, Am Stadtholz 24, 33602 Bielefeld
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