Surbhi Shankar 01012632
Insight on the two graphs:
Node-link Diagram - This a really interesting graph as we can identify the adjacent states effortlessly in the network representation. This representation gives a better understanding of the data. Also, with the color differentiation in the network with respect to regions, we can have an idea about how the states have been grouped.
Matrix Diagram - This diagram represents adjacent states by their names, number of connections with states and also states with respect to groups. The changes in the view can be made by selecting one of these options from the dropdown menu or i also keeps changing periodically. It is not very user friendly because it is not so easy to understand te data representation.
References:
https://www.blackboard.odu.edu/courses/1/201520_SPRING_CS725_25511/db/_5302312_1/miserables.json
https://bost.ocks.org/mike/miserables/
/mbostock/4062045