CPN Tools 4 Extensions: Part 2: Getting Started and Basic Abstractions

We have already covered the basics of extensions for CPN Tools 4 in Part 1. In this part we’ll go thru setting up for development. We’ll also cover some of the basic abstractions, including depending on other extensions, and adding options and instruments to the CPN Tools GUI. […]

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CPN Tools 4: Message Sequence Charts

While colored Petri nets are graphical, they are also quite complex to explain to non-experts. This has previously been addressed by domain-specific visualizations (see also Mimic/CPN and the BRITNeY Suite).  One particularly useful visualization is message sequence charts.  This visualization is so useful, it has previously been implemented for Design/CPN, the predecessor of CPN Tools, […]

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CPN Tools 4 Extensions: Part 1: Basics

By far, the biggest new feature in CPN Tools 4 is simulator extensions. Simulator extensions makes it possible to add functionality to CPN Tools written in Java. This feature describes the basics of simulator extensions: their architecture, the available communication patterns, and the Java interface for extensions. […]

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