These Transactions publish archival papers in the broad area of Petri
nets and other models of concurrency, ranging from theoretical work to
tool support and industrial applications. ToPNoC issues are published as
LNCS volumes, and hence are widely distributed and indexed. This Journal
has its own Editorial Board which selects papers based on a rigorous
two-stage refereeing process. ToPNoC contains: - Revised versions of a
selection of the best papers from workshops and tutorials at the annual
Petri net conferences - Special sections/issues within particular
subareas (similar to those published in the Advances in Petri Nets
series) - Other papers invited for publication in ToPNoC - Papers
submitted directly to ToPNoC by their authors The 7th volume of ToPNoC
contains revised material from the 5th International Summer School
"Advanced Course on Petri Nets", held in September 2010 in Rostock,
Germany. The nine papers cover a diverse range of topics including
modeling, verification, partial order semantics, and synthesis of Petri
nets. In compliance with their origin as course material, the papers are
written in survey or tutorial style and give a comprehensive overview of
the state of the art in their respective areas.