What exactly is a state flow diagram?

Question

I tried searching this up online but I can't find a good solid definition. I just need it summed up. Anyone happen to know what it is or have a good example?

Answer 1

It's more usual to speak of a "State Transition" diagram, a representation of an entire system by a sequence of states which describe its behavior. This is a fair example of the process:

http://atlas.kennesaw.edu/~dbraun/csis4650/A&D/UML_tutorial/state.htm



hth



LATER:

Saw your added note. Here is pretty much what they must be asking you for:

http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.149.9256&rep=rep1&type=pdf

If it seems a little beyond your expertise, don't be put off, just browse it and try to figure out what's going on from the diagrams. This is pretty good.

Answer 2

What is the context? Are you refering to state transitions in automata (like a finite state machine)? Or something else?

Answer 3

lol i see someone else is having trouble with dr. arif's last question