Multi-behaviors Finite State Machine

A classic finite state machine (FSM) is a model of behavior composed of a finite number of states, transitions between those states, and actions. However, there are some cases where two or more behaviors are contained in one FSM, which is referred as multi-behaviors finite state machine (MFSM) in this paper. Among these behaviors, some of their states differ from each other while others don´t. How to distinct those differences as well as to keep and take advantage of their similarities would be a key to the management of this special type of finite state machine. This paper presents you some of the core characteristics of a MFSM at first, and then illustrates the practical implementation. In addition, some engineering experiences gained from real practices are provided.