Yeah graphs are often useful for modelling, but typically you need very little basic graph theory to use them for that purpose. Diestel [1] for example spends d

Yeah graphs are often useful for modelling, but typically you need very little basic graph theory to use them for that purpose. Diestel [1] for example spends dozens of extremely dense pages just to introduce the basic terminology. To cover the contents just of the first six chapters (which I consider to be the basics for algorithmic applications of graphs) you'd probably fill most of the highschool math curriculum, even if you skip almost all proofs. [1] http://diestel-graph-theory.com/basic.html http://diestel-graph-theory.com/basic.html?