State Machine

A StateMachine can be described as:

• An initial state or record of something stored someplace
• A set of possible input events
• A set of new states that may result from the input
• A set of possible actions or output events that result from a new state

A TuringMachine is an example of a StateMachine. So is a FiniteStateMachine.

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Can a StateMachine be represented by WikiPage s? For instance would you put

  StateOne? --(event_type_1 as plain text on the same page)--> StateTwo?

or

 StateOne? --(EventTypeOne?)-->

Then have EventOne? with a link to StateTwo?. But then what if EventTypeOne? applies to several States? Thinking here of using a PersonalWiki to model StateMachine s