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Name: Finite State Machines and the State Design Pattern
ID: m17257
Language: English (en)
Summary: Make use of finite state machines and the state design pattern to create a Java "Cheap Calculator".
Subject: Science and Technology
Keywords: finite state machine, fsm, java, state design pattern
Document Type: -//CNX//DTD CNXML 0.5 plus MathML//EN
License: Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-BY 2.0)
Authors: Stephen Wong (swong@rice.edu), Dung Nguyen (dxnguyen@rice.edu)
Copyright Holders: Stephen Wong (swong@rice.edu), Dung Nguyen (dxnguyen@rice.edu)
Maintainers: Alex Tribble (prat@rice.edu), Stephen Wong (swong@rice.edu), Dung Nguyen (dxnguyen@rice.edu)
Version: 1.2 (history)
Created: Jul 17, 2008 3:19 pm GMT-5
Revised: Jul 24, 2008 7:10 pm GMT-5

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Version: 1.2 Jul 24, 2008 7:10 pm GMT-5 by Alex Tribble
Changes: 
Applied appropriate role changes.
Version: 1.1 Jul 21, 2008 3:48 pm GMT-5 by Alex Tribble
Changes: 
Initial revision

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