Icon class icon_class fas fa-quote-left icon_class_computed fas fa-quote-left Related content 24. States: State Decomposition-2.sysml Source OMG Systems Modeling Language TM (SysML®) Version 2.0 formal/2025-09-03 (Sep 2025) Copyright information About Object Management Group copyright in text extracts quoted from OMG specifications for educational purposes Snippet kind INFO Keywords SysML2 Systems Modeling Language SysML Model-Based Systems Engineering MBSE Previous snippet Full quote A parallel state is one whose substates are performed concurrently. As such, no transitions are allowed between the substates of a parallel state. Next snippet In contrast, if a non-parallel state has substates then, exactly one of the substates shall be active at any point in time in the lifetime of the containing state after completion of the entry action (if any). Related snippets Related snippets (backlinks) Visit also Visit also (backlinks) Flags