Practice - Poor Support for Concurrency
Practice Questions
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What does concurrency mean?
💡 Hint: Think about what happens when you watch a video and chat at the same time.
Name one limitation of FSMs.
💡 Hint: Consider how they handle state changes.
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Interactive Quizzes
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What is the primary limitation of FSMs regarding concurrency?
💡 Hint: Consider what it means to be in multiple states simultaneously.
True or False: The state explosion problem happens when the complexity of a system increases.
💡 Hint: Think about how adding features to an app affects its complexity.
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Challenge Problems
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Describe a complex user interface that would benefit from using Petri Nets instead of FSMs due to concurrency requirements.
💡 Hint: Think about how multiple users interact with graphics tools.
Construct an FSM for a simple turn-taking dialog system and then expand it to show how it would become overly complex when adding support for concurrent interactions.
💡 Hint: Consider how you'd add states for interruptions or overlapping speech.
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