Diagram - Main Diagram Types

Main Diagram Types

There are at least the following types of diagrams:

  • Graph-based diagrams: these take a collection of items and relationships between them, and express them by giving each item a 2D position, while the relationships are expressed as connections between the items or overlaps between the items; examples of such techniques:

  • tree diagram

  • network diagram

  • flowchart

  • Venn diagram

  • existential graph
  • Chart-like diagram techniques, which display a relationship between two variables that take either discrete or a continuous ranges of values; examples:

  • histogram

  • bar chart

  • pie chart

  • function graph

  • scatter plot
  • Other types of diagrams, e.g.,

  • train diagram

  • exploded view

  • population density map

  • Pioneer plaque

  • Three-dimensional diagram

Many of these types of diagrams are commonly generated using diagramming software. Thousands of diagram techniques exist. Some more examples follow.

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