state transition system
nounA state transition system is a set of states and rules that tell you how to move from one state to another.
The traffic light is a simple state transition system that changes from green to yellow to red.
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2. In computer science, a formal model of computation consisting of states and transitions used to describe the behavior of systems.
The protocol was verified using a state transition system.
3. A mathematical structure (S, →) where S is a set of states and → is a transition relation on S.
The state transition system was defined with three states and four transitions.
4. A framework for modeling dynamic systems in which changes are represented as transitions between discrete states.
Engineers used a state transition system to model the elevator's behavior.