# Statecharts

> Extend a flat state machine with hierarchy and parallel regions, so independent concerns compose without state explosion.

Record: `algorithms:statecharts`
Kind: algorithm
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/algorithms#algorithms-statecharts
Closure: https://banes-lab.com/json/records/algorithms/statecharts/closure

Listed in [Algorithm contracts](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/algorithms.md), after [Finite State Machine](https://banes-lab.com/records/algorithms/finite-state-machine.md) and before [Petri Nets](https://banes-lab.com/records/algorithms/petri-nets.md).

## Domain

- [Architecture](https://banes-lab.com/records/algorithms-domain/architecture.md)

## Tier

- [leaf](https://banes-lab.com/records/vocabulary/domain-tier-leaf.md)

## Principle

- [Statecharts](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/statecharts.md)

## Composes

- [Finite State Machine](https://banes-lab.com/records/algorithms/finite-state-machine.md)
- [Separation of Concerns](https://banes-lab.com/records/algorithms/separation-of-concerns.md)

## Math type

- [Graph](https://banes-lab.com/records/reasoning/math-type-graph.md)

## Linked from

- [Behavioral Patterns](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-behavioral-patterns.md)
- [Architecture](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/algorithms/algorithms-domain-architecture.md)
- [Architectural Clusters](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/algorithms/algorithms-domain-architectural-clusters.md)
- [The mathematics](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/reasoning/the-mathematics.md)
- [Domain tiers](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema/the-vocabulary-domain-tier.md)