Graphics Reference
In-Depth Information
Part 1
Overview
The first part of this topic introduces the subject of graphs and provides
answers to two essential questions: why are graphs valuable to business
analysis, and what kinds of opportunities can they be used to discover? A
wide spectrum of techniques and applications are discussed, drawing from
history and real-world experience. Case examples are used to illustrate value.
Before proceeding to a discussion of the process of graph analysis in the
second part of the topic, this overview provides you with a sense of just how
many types of graphs there are and how many areas of potential value exist,
even within a single business. References serve as a guide to subsequent
chapters in the third part of the topic,which cover each class of graph in more
detail and step through tutorial style applications of graph analysis.
Table P1-1
describes the topics of Chapters 1 and 2.
