<s>
In	O
automata	B-Application
theory	I-Application
and	O
sequential	O
logic	O
,	O
a	O
state-transition	B-Application
table	I-Application
is	O
a	O
table	O
showing	O
what	O
state	O
(	O
or	O
states	O
in	O
the	O
case	O
of	O
a	O
nondeterministic	B-General_Concept
finite	I-General_Concept
automaton	I-General_Concept
)	O
a	O
finite-state	B-Architecture
machine	I-Architecture
will	O
move	O
to	O
,	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
current	O
state	O
and	O
other	O
inputs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
state-transition	B-Application
table	I-Application
is	O
one	O
of	O
many	O
ways	O
to	O
specify	O
a	O
finite-state	B-Architecture
machine	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
ways	O
include	O
a	O
state	B-Application
diagram	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
State-transition	B-Application
tables	I-Application
are	O
sometimes	O
one-dimensional	O
tables	O
,	O
also	O
called	O
characteristic	B-Application
tables	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
single	O
dimension	O
indicates	O
inputs	O
,	O
current	O
states	O
,	O
next	O
states	O
and	O
(	O
optionally	O
)	O
outputs	O
associated	O
with	O
the	O
state	B-Application
transitions	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
State-transition	B-Application
tables	I-Application
are	O
typically	O
two-dimensional	O
tables	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
row/column	O
intersections	O
indicate	O
next	O
states	O
and	O
(	O
optionally	O
)	O
outputs	O
associated	O
with	O
the	O
state	B-Application
transitions	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
row/column	O
intersections	O
indicate	O
inputs	O
and	O
(	O
optionally	O
)	O
outputs	O
associated	O
with	O
the	O
state	B-Application
transitions	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Simultaneous	O
transitions	O
in	O
multiple	O
finite-state	B-Architecture
machines	I-Architecture
can	O
be	O
shown	O
in	O
what	O
is	O
effectively	O
an	O
n-dimensional	O
state-transition	B-Application
table	I-Application
in	O
which	O
pairs	O
of	O
rows	O
map	O
(	O
sets	O
of	O
)	O
current	O
states	O
to	O
next	O
states	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
is	O
an	O
alternative	O
to	O
representing	O
communication	O
between	O
separate	O
,	O
interdependent	O
finite-state	B-Architecture
machines	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
other	O
extreme	O
,	O
separate	O
tables	O
have	O
been	O
used	O
for	O
each	O
of	O
the	O
transitions	O
within	O
a	O
single	O
finite-state	B-Architecture
machine	I-Architecture
:	O
"	O
AND/OR	O
tables	O
"	O
are	O
similar	O
to	O
incomplete	O
decision	O
tables	O
in	O
which	O
the	O
decision	O
for	O
the	O
rules	O
which	O
are	O
present	O
is	O
implicitly	O
the	O
activation	O
of	O
the	O
associated	O
transition	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
example	O
of	O
a	O
state-transition	B-Application
table	I-Application
together	O
with	O
the	O
corresponding	O
state	B-Application
diagram	I-Application
for	O
a	O
finite-state	B-Architecture
machine	I-Architecture
is	O
given	O
below	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
state-transition	B-Application
table	I-Application
,	O
all	O
possible	O
inputs	O
to	O
the	O
finite-state	B-Architecture
machine	I-Architecture
are	O
enumerated	O
across	O
the	O
columns	O
of	O
the	O
table	O
,	O
while	O
all	O
possible	O
states	O
are	O
enumerated	O
across	O
the	O
rows	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
state	B-Application
diagram	I-Application
,	O
the	O
former	O
is	O
denoted	O
by	O
the	O
arrow	O
looping	O
from	O
S1	O
to	O
S1	O
labeled	O
with	O
a	O
1	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
latter	O
is	O
denoted	O
by	O
the	O
arrow	O
from	O
S1	O
to	O
S2	O
labeled	O
with	O
a	O
0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
a	O
nondeterministic	B-General_Concept
finite-state	I-General_Concept
machine	I-General_Concept
,	O
an	O
input	O
may	O
cause	O
the	O
machine	O
to	O
be	O
in	O
more	O
than	O
one	O
state	O
,	O
hence	O
its	O
non-determinism	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
is	O
denoted	O
in	O
a	O
state-transition	B-Application
table	I-Application
by	O
the	O
set	O
of	O
all	O
target	O
states	O
enclosed	O
in	O
a	O
pair	O
of	O
braces	O
 {  } 	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
example	O
of	O
a	O
state-transition	B-Application
table	I-Application
together	O
with	O
the	O
corresponding	O
state	B-Application
diagram	I-Application
for	O
a	O
nondeterministic	B-General_Concept
finite-state	I-General_Concept
machine	I-General_Concept
is	O
given	O
below	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
possible	O
to	O
draw	O
a	O
state	B-Application
diagram	I-Application
from	O
a	O
state-transition	B-Application
table	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
can	O
be	O
multiple	O
arrows	O
for	O
an	O
input	O
character	O
if	O
the	O
finite-state	B-Architecture
machine	I-Architecture
is	O
nondeterministic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Designate	O
a	O
state	O
as	O
the	O
start	B-Architecture
state	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
start	B-Architecture
state	I-Architecture
is	O
given	O
in	O
the	O
formal	O
definition	O
of	O
a	O
finite-state	B-Architecture
machine	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
Designate	O
one	O
or	O
more	O
states	O
as	O
accepting	B-Architecture
state	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
is	O
also	O
given	O
in	O
the	O
formal	O
definition	O
of	O
a	O
finite-state	B-Architecture
machine	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
