Application of Graph Theory
Through this project we found different connections in everyday things. After picking a topic, any topic at all, we set different connections up to provide vertices & edges to our graphs. For example, my partner & I chose mental illnesses & symptoms: The illnesses being the vertices (points) & the symptoms being the edges (the lines connecting the illnesses). Through this process we found what illnesses had the most symptoms in common. Using graph theory, you can find the connections between anything whether its the characters in your favorite tv show or the social trends.
The most challenging part of the entire project was keeping everything organized, it was really easy to misplace a symptom & connect anxiety to Bulimia instead of Schizophrenia like you meant to. Another challenge was organizing all the data before we even began graphing, color coating everything is easier when you don't have upwards of 40 symptoms to arrange.
I think I knew for sure that the product was finished when Mele gave her amazed & approving "Oooooh". That & making sure we met all of the requirements: two graphs, one labeled with our information & another with the math (vertices/edges), paths, description. Once everything is checked off & look over for any typos, you know you're done.
There is literacy in both our process & product, being able to comprehend & organize all of the research in the process as well as being able to explain it in the product required a considerable amount of literacy on both parts I think.
While I've heard of graph theory before, understanding it & knowing how to use it is something I've learned to do throughout this project & being able to explain it so that others can understand it was a big part of that.
Graph theory is definitely cool, if not "cool" then certainly interesting but I don't think that's really enough to change the way I think. I already knew there were connections between things & while graph theory can explain these connections & help us understand them better, I don't think its something I practical that I will use in my every day life.
I think I knew for sure that the product was finished when Mele gave her amazed & approving "Oooooh". That & making sure we met all of the requirements: two graphs, one labeled with our information & another with the math (vertices/edges), paths, description. Once everything is checked off & look over for any typos, you know you're done.
There is literacy in both our process & product, being able to comprehend & organize all of the research in the process as well as being able to explain it in the product required a considerable amount of literacy on both parts I think.
While I've heard of graph theory before, understanding it & knowing how to use it is something I've learned to do throughout this project & being able to explain it so that others can understand it was a big part of that.
Graph theory is definitely cool, if not "cool" then certainly interesting but I don't think that's really enough to change the way I think. I already knew there were connections between things & while graph theory can explain these connections & help us understand them better, I don't think its something I practical that I will use in my every day life.