What are the differences and similarities between the state machine diagram and flowchart? So far I found that the state diagram shows us the actual change in the state, not the process or commands...

I just created a state diagram and right now I am struggling with the positions of the blocks. My goal is to have States 1,2,4,5 in a "down"-row and state 3 at the right from state 1. See...

what are the differences between state chart diagrams, state machine diagrams and state transition diagrams? while at several places i got to learn that state chart diagrams and state machine diagr...

When drawing state diagrams, how do you know which states get put in boxes and which states are for the transition arrows? I noticed that transitions are states too. I'm looking at figure 1 on thi...

We are learning in school that behavioral State diagram's transition has syntax: list of events [guard condition] / list of actions But I couldn't find any example on Internet where is used t...

Update: State pattern might a wrong way to solve this. Hence, any other pattern is welcome. Basically I'm looking for a way to have guard conditions for each state yet having a clean and maintaina...

Behaviors (Method Body)can be state machines or activities - activities are easy to understand, as they are the equivalent of procedural code. I don't understand how a state machine can be used a...

Is it possible and practical for Mathematica to draw something like this (being created by Graphviz): This is the best that I can get (but the shape and style are not satisfying): Code: Grap...