LOOPN

language, simulation, Petri net A compiler, simulator,

and associated source control for an object-oriented

Petri net language developed by Charles Lakos

[email protected] at the University ofTasmania. In LOOPN, a Petri net is an extension of a

coloured timed Petri net. The extension means firstly that

token types are classes. In other words, they consist of

both data fields and functions, they can be declared by

inheriting from other token types, and they can be used

polymorphically. The object-oriented extensions also mean

that module or subnet types are classes.

LOOPN has been developed over a period of about five years at

the University of Tasmania, where it has been used in teaching

computer simulation and the modelling of network

protocols.

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(2000-09-02)