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Diagram

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A diagram is a simplified and structured visual representation of concepts, ideas, constructions, relations, statistical data, anatomy etc used in all aspects of human activities to visualize and clarify the topic.

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[edit] Basic diagram types

[edit] Specific diagram types

[edit] A

  • Activity Diagram used in UML and SysML


[edit] B

[edit] C

  • Cartogram
  • Category theory diagrams
  • Cause-and-effect diagram
  • Circuit diagram
  • Class diagram – from UML
  • Collaboration diagram – from UML 1.x
  • Communication diagram – from UML 2.0
  • Commutative diagram
  • Component diagram – from UML
  • Composite structure diagram – from UML
  • Concept map
  • Contour diagram
  • Cross-functional flowchart

[edit] D

  • Database Model Diagram
  • Data Flow Model diagram
  • Data-structure diagram
  • Dependency diagram
  • Deployment diagram – from UML
  • Dot and cross diagram

[edit] E

  • Entity-Relationship diagram (ERD)
  • Euler diagram
  • Express-G
  • Extended Functional Flow Block Diagram (EFFBD)

[edit] F

  • Family tree
  • Feynman diagram
  • Fusion diagram

[edit] G

  • Gantt chart – shows the timing of tasks or activities (used in project management)
  • Grotrian diagram

[edit] I

  • Internal Block Diagram (IBD) used in SysML
  • IDEF0
  • IDEF1 (entity relations)
  • Interaction Overview diagram – from UML
  • Ishikawa diagram

[edit] J

  • Jackson diagram
  • Johnston diagram

[edit] K

  • Karnaugh map

[edit] L

  • Line of balance

[edit] M

  • Martin ERD
  • Mind map – used for learning, brainstorming, memory, visual thinking and problem solving

[edit] N

  • N2
  • Nassi-Shneiderman diagram or structogram – a representation for structured programming
  • Nomogram

[edit] O

  • Object diagram – from UML
  • ORM diagram
  • Organisation

[edit] P

  • Package diagram from UML
  • PERT
  • Petri net – shows the structure of a distributed system as a directed bipartite graph with annotations
  • Piping and instrumentation diagram (P&ID)
  • Phase diagram
  • Pourbaix diagram
  • Process Flow diagram or PFD – used in chemical engineering
  • Program Structure diagram

[edit] R

  • Requirement Diagram Used in SysML
  • Rich Picture

[edit] S

  • Sentence diagram -- represents the grammatical structure of a natural language sentence.
  • Sequence diagram from UML and SysML
  • SDL/GR diagram – Specification and Description Language. SDL is a formal language used in computer science.
  • Shlaer-Mellor – used in software engineering
  • Smith chart
  • SSADM – Structured Systems Analysis and Design Methodology (used in software engineering)
  • State diagram from UML and SysML
  • Swim lane
  • System structure
  • Systematic layout planning

[edit] T

  • Timing diagram
  • TQM diagram

[edit] U

  • UML diagram – Unified Modeling Language (used in software engineering)
  • Use case diagram – from UML and SysML

[edit] V

  • Value stream mapping
  • Venn diagram
  • Voronoi diagram

[edit] Y

[edit] See also

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  • Diagramming
  • List of graphical methods with a mathematical basis.

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