REGULAR STATE MACHINES

Abstract

Abstract In this paper, we introduce a model called regular state machines (RSMs) that characterizes a class of state transition systems with regular transition behavior. It turns out that many process graph models such as synchronous dataflow graphs and Petri nets have a state transition system that may be described and analyzed in the RSM model. In particular, the proposed approach unifies methods known for the above-mentioned subclasses and yields new results concerning boundedness, deadlocks, scheduling, and formal verification.