This volume constitutes the proceedings of the 32nd International Conference
on Applications and Theory of Petri Nets and Other Models of Concurrency
(PETRI NETS 2011). The Petri Net conferences serve as annual meeting places
to discuss the progress in the field of Petri nets and related models of concurrency.
They provide a forum for researchers to present and discuss both applications
and theoretical developments in this area. Novel tools and substantial
enhancements to existing tools can also be presented. The satellite program of
the conference comprised five workshops and three tutorials.
PETRI NETS 2011 was co-located with the 11th International Conference
on Application of Concurrency to System Design (ACSD 2011). The two conferences
shared five invited speakers. The PETRI NETS 2011 conference initially
was to be organized by the Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
(JAIST) and hosted by Kanazawa University. Due to the earthquake and
tsunami that struck Japan in March 2011, it was decided that both conferences
be relocated to Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, and hosted by Newcastle University.
A joint Japan–UK Organizing Committee was formed to ensure a successful relocation
of the conference which was then held in Newcastle upon Tyne, UK,
during June 20–24, 2011.We would like to express our deepest thanks to the joint
Organizing Committee chaired by K. Hiraishi (Japan), M. Koutny (UK), and
A. Yakovlev (UK), for all the time and effort invested in the local organization
of the conference and its relocation.
This year the number of submitted papers amounted to 49, which included 40
full papers and 9 tool papers. The authors of the papers represented 20 different
countries. We thank all the authors who submitted papers. Each paper was
reviewed by at least three referees. For the first time the Programme Committee
(PC) meeting took place electronically, using the EasyChair conference system
for the paper selection process. The PC selected 17 papers: 13 regular papers
and 4 tool papers for presentation. After the conference, some authors were
invited to publish an extended version of their contribution in the Fundamenta
Informaticae journal. We thank the PC members and other reviewers for their
careful and timely evaluation of the submissions before the meeting, and the
fruitful discussions during the electronic meeting. Finally, we are grateful to the
invited speakers for their contribution: Brian Randell, Alessandro Giua, Monika
Heiner, Walter Vogler, and Tomohiro Yoneda. The Springer LNCS team and
the EasyChair system provided high-quality support in the preparation of this
volume.
