Discrete event dynamic system

In control engineering, a discrete event dynamic system (DEDS) is a discrete-state, event-driven system of which the state evolution depends entirely on the occurrence of asynchronous discrete events over time. Although similar to continuous-variable dynamic systems (CVDS), DEDS contains solely of discrete state spaces and event-driven state transition mechanisms.

Topics in DEDS include:

• Automata theory
• Supervisory control theory
• Petri net
• Discrete Event System Specification
• Markov chain
• Queueing theory
• Discrete event simulation
• Concurrent estimation

References

• Cassandras, C.G.; Lafortune, S. (2008). Introduction to Discrete Event Systems. Springer. ISBN 0-387-33332-0. 

• Kumar, R.; Garg, V. K. (1995). Modeling and Control of Logical Discrete Event Systems. Springer. ISBN 978-0-7923-9538-6.