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Petri net

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Petri net

Summary

Petri net is a modeling language[1]. It draws 986 Wikipedia views per month (modeling_language category, ranking #3 of 16).[2]

Key Facts

  • Petri net's instance of is recorded as modeling language[3].
  • Petri net's instance of is recorded as abstract machine[4].
  • Carl Adam Petri is named after Petri net[5].
  • Petri net is a type of bipartite graph[6].
  • Petri net is a type of quiver[7].
  • Petri net is part of computer science[8].
  • Petri net's Commons category is recorded as Petri nets[9].
  • 1960 marks the founding of Petri net[10].
  • Petri net's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Petri nets[11].
  • finite-state machine inspired Petri net[12].
  • Petri net's used by is recorded as control theory[13].
  • Petri net's studied by is recorded as software engineering[14].

Body

Geography

Petri net is part of computer science[8].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include modeling language[3] and abstract machine[4].

History and Context

1960 marks the founding of Petri net[10]. Carl Adam Petri is named after it[5].

Why It Matters

Petri net draws 986 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.[15] It is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

Related Entities

Barbara König Caméléon Carl Adam Petri computer science Ivo Martiník Karel Čulík Nigel Anthony Thomas Petr Novosad Remigiusz Wisniewski software engineering

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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    Part of → computer science
    Instance of → modeling language, abstract machine
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