Petri net

family of modelling languages for distributed systems
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Petri net

Summary

Petri net is a modeling language[1]. It draws 95 Wikipedia views per month (modeling_language category, ranking #3 of 16).[2]

Key Facts

  • Petri net's image is recorded as PetriProduce-en.gif[3].
  • Petri net's instance of is recorded as modeling language[4].
  • Petri net's instance of is recorded as abstract machine[5].
  • Carl Adam Petri is named after Petri net[6].
  • Petri net's GND ID is recorded as 4045388-1[7].
  • Petri net's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85100346[8].
  • Petri net's subclass of is recorded as bipartite graph[9].
  • Petri net's subclass of is recorded as quiver[10].
  • Petri net's part of is recorded as computer science[11].
  • Petri net's Commons category is recorded as Petri nets[12].
  • Petri net's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 6134[13].
  • +1960-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Petri net[14].
  • Petri net's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01gt82[15].
  • Petri net's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ph117101[16].
  • Petri net's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Petri nets[17].
  • finite-state machine inspired Petri net[18].
  • Petri net's National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID is recorded as XX548185[19].
  • Petri net's Dewey Decimal Classification is recorded as 511.3[20].
  • Petri net's PSH ID is recorded as 6551[21].
  • Petri net's used by is recorded as control theory[22].
  • Petri net's studied by is recorded as software engineering[23].
  • Petri net's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as petri-nets[24].
  • Petri net's Open Library subject ID is recorded as petri_nets[25].
  • Petri net's nLab ID is recorded as Petri net[26].
  • Petri net's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 38677869[27].

Body

Geography

Petri net's part of is recorded as computer science[11].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include modeling language[4] and abstract machine[5].

History and Context

+1960-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Petri net[14]. Carl Adam Petri is named after it[6].

Why It Matters

Petri net draws 95 Wikipedia views per month (modeling_language category, ranking #3 of 16).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Integrated Authority File. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . datos.bne.es. datos.bne.es. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Nuovo soggettario. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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