Re:The Law of Conservation of Complexity
by kazinator on Thursday February 20, 2020 @03:39PM
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There is a formal theory of modes, so to speak: Hierarchical State Machines (HSMs).
A HSM has, or can have, a considerably simpler description that the equivalent FSM, because the equivalent FSM will have to duplicate all the states that are hierarchically shared in the HSM.
A HSM has, or can have, a considerably simpler description that the equivalent FSM, because the equivalent FSM will have to duplicate all the states that are hierarchically shared in the HSM.
Some info here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UML_state_machine#Hierarchical...