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A model and the decision reasoning processes of a two-layer organising supervisory controller for complex systems have been developed. It is based on fuzzy Petri-net algorithms and fuzzy rule production system for decision and command control. This model follows the fundamental idea of the original intelligent controller of G.N. Saridis, but adds on a new generic property. This fuzzy-Petri-net organising controller employs the advantages of both the qualitative modelling potential of L.A. Zadeh’s fuzzy logic and of the discrete-event genesis of K.A. Petri’s networks. Thus it accomplishes full compatibility of mathematical formalisms of the organising and co-ordinating levels of G.N. Saridis’ architecture and greatly reduces the rules needed due to possibility distribution evaluation and Petri-net-supported reasoning in comparison with Stellakis-Valavanis fuzzy solution for the organiser.

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Dimirovski, G.M. (1998). Fuzzified Petri-Nets and Their Application to Organising Supervisory Controller. In: Kaynak, O., Zadeh, L.A., Türkşen, B., Rudas, I.J. (eds) Computational Intelligence: Soft Computing and Fuzzy-Neuro Integration with Applications. NATO ASI Series, vol 162. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-58930-0_13

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