The two Labview books I read and liked both talked about state machine architecture.
 
They are:
Labview style book by Peter Bloom
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/LabVIEW-National-Instruments-Virtual-Instrumentation/dp/0131458353/ref=pd_bxgy_b_text_b" target="_blank">http://www.amazon.com/LabVIEW-National-Instruments-Virtual-Instrumentation/dp/0131458353/ref=pd_bxgy_b_text_b</a>
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LabVIEW: Advanced Programming Techniques by Rick Bitter
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/LabVIEW-Advanced-Programming-Techniques-Second/dp/0849333253/ref=tag_prf_item_edpp_ttl" target="_blank">http://www.amazon.com/LabVIEW-Advanced-Programming-Techniques-Second/dp/0849333253/ref=tag_prf_item_edpp_ttl</a>