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
- Exploded view
[edit] Specific diagram types
[edit] A
- Activity diagram used in UML and SysML
[edit] B
- Bachman
- Booch – used in software engineering
- Block Definition Diagram (BDD) used in SysML
[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
- Context diagram
- 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 and SysML
- Parametric diagram from SysML
- 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
- Sankey diagram - represents material, energy or cost flows with quantity proportional arrows in a process network.
- 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
- Spider Chart
- SSADM – Structured Systems Analysis and Design Methodology (used in software engineering)
- State diagram from UML and SysML
- Swim lane
- System context diagram
- 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
- Yourdon-Coad – see Edward Yourdon, used in software engineering
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