Weekly Notes for Week 24

This week (24) we continue with the discussion of Petri Nets, applications of how to use them in Chemistry and Systems Biology will be presented. The main focus will be on invariants and Farkas Algorirthm. If time allows, we will do 2 NPc proofs.

• Mandatory Reading:

  – (Petri Nets): The slides for the lectures should cover everything.

• Recommended Reading:

  – Murata, Tadao:Petri Nets: Properties, Analysis and Applications. In: Proceedings of the IEEE, Vol. 77, No. 4, pages 541-580. April 1989.

• Voluntary Reading:

  – Monika Heiner, David Gilbert, Robin Donaldson: Petri Nets for Systems and Synthetic Biology. SFM 2008: 215-264 – Javier Esparza: Decidability and Complexity of Petri Net Problems - An Introduction. Petri Nets 1996: 374-428