Abstract: Graph and table, as important information representation modes, had been applied broadly. Graph and table processing refer to human cognitive processing of information in graph and table. Firstly, the article reviewed rule model, cognitive process model, and computational model; secondly, it commented the hierarchical framework model which had been put forward in 2004; and finally, it summarized the graph and table processing theories and pointed out research directions in the future

Key words: graph and table processing, rule model, cognitive process model, computational model, hierarchical framework model