Graph Theory Blog Prompt - Due Thursday, February 18

We've talked about several applications of graph theory in our first unit this semester, including the Traveling Salesperson Problem, applications to networks, and other applications.  For this blog post, I would like you to read one of the articles below and write a 2-3 paragraph response to the article.  Tell me which article you chose and give a brief summary of the article, explaining how graph theory was applied.  Finally, tell me what you thought of the way they applied graph theory in the article.  Were you surprised that graph theory applied in this situation?

“Is Graph Theory Key to Understanding Big Data?”

“Network Theory sheds new light on origins of consciousness”  

Explained: Graphs from MIT News

"New approach to vertex connectivity could maximize networks’ bandwidth” 

“Sudoku and Graph Theory”

“Rebooting the Human Genome”