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History
[edit]- Earlier examples
- Tabula Peutingeriana, fourth or early fifth century.
- Category:Portolan charts, since thirteenth century
- 18th century and earlier works
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Wanderings in the desert map, 1641
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Gemelli Map of the Aztec Migration from Aztlan to Chapultapec, 1704
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Table of Hydraulics and Hydrostatics, Cyclopaedia, Volume 1, 1728
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An Universal System of Water and Water-Works by Stephen Switzer, 1734
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Tableau économique by Francois Quesnay, 1759
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Engine elevation, a drawing with (small) arrows, 1797
- 19th century
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General idea of ground to be drained, 1826
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Flow map by Minard, 1845
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Steam-engine for fan to withdrawing air from mines, 1854
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Émigrants du Globe by Minard, 1858
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Battlefield Of Gettysburg, 1863
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Flow map by Minard, 1864
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Steam engine cylinder side pipes with valves, 1866
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Charles Minard's chart, 1869
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Flow diagram of production process, 1870
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Demand for Commodities is not Demand for Labor by John Stuart Mill, 1885
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Foreign exchange by John Stuart Mill, 1885
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Flow of costs in a factory by Metcalfe, 1885
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Early data flow diagram, 1887/93
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Diagram of Manufacturing Accounts, 1896
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Diagram of Expenditure and Results, showing the relations between departments, 1897.
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Sankey diagram, 1898
- 20th century, first half
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Economic production and distribution by Seager, 1904
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Flow diagram of Organization Elements of an Industrial Body, 1905
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Systems of advertising, 1906
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Economic Life triange by Nearing, 1909
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Perspective routing diagram by Charles Day, 1911
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Detail Routing Diagram by Charles Day, 1911
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Graphic Representation of Processes and Routing in a Representative Plant, 1914
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Routing Diagram for Materials and for Printing Forms in a Manufacturing Plant, 1914
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Channels of distribution for various lines of goods by Nystrom, 1915.
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Division of labour according to Taylor, 1916
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Flow Process Chart, 1921/1948/2008
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The Round Flow of Money Income and Expenditure, 1922
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Traffic Flow Diagram, 1929
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Flow diagram of steam generation process, 1930
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Grey Iron Flow Diagram c. 1947
- 20th century, second half
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Flow chart showing how interconnecting analog and digital computers , 1956
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Vehicle servicing system flow diagram, 1958
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Booster liquid oxygen system flow diagram, 1958
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The competitive price system adapted from Samuelson, 1961
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Block diagram of central computer and sequencer, 1963
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Block diagram of pyrotechnics system, 1963
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Functional block diagram of the attitude control and maneuvering electronics system, 1962
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Functional block diagram of orbit determination operations, 1963
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Functional block diagram of power subsystem, 1963
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Telemetry-data flow chart, 1963
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Tracking-data flow chart, 1963
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Blast furnace, 1964
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Flow diagram of Gas-Cooled Reactor. c. 1974.
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Pump system flow diagram, 1979
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U.S. sulfur flow diagram adapted from Ober, 1992
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U.S aluminum flow diagram adapted from Wilburn and Wagner, 1993, consumption data from Plunkert, 2002a
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Circular flow model by Hrubovcak, 1995
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Development of Functional Flow Block Diagrams, 1995
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Functional Flow Block Diagram for Mission Control, 1995
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Lay out of production process with flow signs, 1995
- 21st century
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Mail flow diagram, 2005
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Functional Flow Block Diagram, 1950s/2007
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Nassi–Shneiderman diagram, 1972/2012
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Flow diagram for the production of Ammonia, 2010
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Digitalisering infographic, 2013
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Process Flow chart with separate production steps, 2014
General types of flow diagrams
[edit]Flow charts
[edit]The flowchart represents an algorithm, a process, or the step-by-step solution of a problem. See Category:Flow diagrams
Flow maps
[edit]Flow maps show the movement of objects from one location to another. See Category:Flow maps
Sankey diagram
[edit]Sankey diagram are a specific type of flow diagram, in which the width of the arrows is shown proportionally to the flow quantity. See Category:Sankey diagrams
Specific applications and specific types of diagrams
[edit]Flow diagrams in business administration and management
[edit]- Accountancy diagrams
- Main Category:Accounting diagrams
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Books and Forms used in connection with Wages
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Books and Forms used in connection with Stores
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Books and Forms used in connection with Prime Cost
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Books and Forms used in connection with Stock
- Business flow models
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Flow diagram of Organization Elements of an Industrial Body, 1905
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Division of labour according to Taylor, 1916
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IFMS Logical Business Architecture, 2005
- Supply chain models
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Systems of advertising, 1906
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Channels of distribution for various lines of goods by Nystrom, 1915.
Flow diagrams in economics
[edit]- Economic flow diagrams
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Demand for Commodities is not Demand for Labor by John Stuart Mill, 1885
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Foreign exchange by John Stuart Mill, 1885
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1885
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Economic production and distribution by Seager, 1904
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Economic Life triange by Nearing, 1909
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Method of payment for American purchase of foreign goods, 1919
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Circuit flow of money by W.T. Foster, 1922
- Economic circular flow diagram
- Main Category:Economic circular flow diagrams
Economic circular flow diagram, since 1940s
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Two sector circular flow diagram, 2008
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Three sector circular flow diagram, 2011
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Four sector circular flow diagram, 2009
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Five sector circular flow diagram, 2006
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With surroundings, 2008
- See also
Flow diagrams in engineering
[edit]- Flow diagram of production process
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Flow diagram of production process, 1870
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Flow diagram of production process, since 1870s
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Lay out of production process with flow signs, since 1940s
- Process flow diagrams
A process flow diagram (PFD) is a diagram commonly used in chemical and process engineering to indicate the general flow of plant processes and equipment. See Category:Process flow diagrams
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Flow diagram of a steam cycle power plant
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Water flow diagram of a steam cycle power plant
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Water cycles of a coal fired power station
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Electrical energy distribution in a coal fired power plant
- Sankey diagram
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Birds Point-New Madrid Flow
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U.S. Energy Flow Trends – 2002
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Energy Flow of Electric Power Plant
Flow diagrams in geography
[edit]- Maps on different levels
- global, continental, national and local
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Flow map, 1864
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Flow map, 1845
Flow diagrams in systems engineering or software engineering
[edit]- Activity diagram
An activity diagram is a diagram that shows activities and actions to describe workflows. It is in fact a specific type of flowchart, which shows a sequence of activities. See Category:Activity diagrams
- Business Process Modeling Notation
Business Process Modeling Notation (BPMN) is a standardized graphical notation for drawing business processes in a workflow. See Category:Business Process Modeling Notation
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Elements
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Relations
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Simple diagram
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More complex diagram
- Data flow diagram
A data flow diagram is a graphical representation of the flow of data through an information system. See Category:Data flow diagrams
- Function Block Diagram
A Function Block Diagram (FBD) is a diagram, that describes a function between input variables and output variables. A function is described as a set of elementary blocks. Input and output variables are connected to blocks by connection lines. See Category:Function block diagrams
- Functional Flow Block Diagrams
Functional Flow Block Diagrams (FFBD) are multi-tier, time-sequenced, step-by-step flow diagram of the system’s functional flow, see Category:Functional flow block diagrams
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Building block
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Simple diagram
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Multiple levels
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An application
- IDEF0
IDEF0 is an Integration Definition for function Modeling, and is a common modeling technique for the analysis, development, re-engineering, and integration of information systems; business processes information modelling. See Category:IDEF0
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IDEF Box Format
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Arrow Syntax
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Decomposition Structure
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IDEF Diagram Example
- Nassi-Shneiderman diagram
Nassi-Shneiderman diagram, see Category:Nassi-Shneiderman diagrams
- Process-data diagram
A process-data diagram is a diagram that describes processes and data that act as output of these processes. See Category:Process-data diagram
- Syntax diagrams
Syntax diagrams (also known as railroad diagrams) are a way to represent a context-free grammar. See Category:Syntax diagrams
- UML Activity diagrams
An activity diagram in UML represents the business and operational step-by-step workflows of components in a system. An activity diagram shows the overall flow of control. See Category:UML Activity diagrams
- Waterfall models
- See also Category:Waterfall models