Resident Nodes
Usually represented as Ovals, but circles or rounded rectangles are fine.



Input Nodes
Any shape that has a flat top side linked to a smaller flat lower side by equal, balanced, continuous (i.e. no breaks) sides will suffice. The prefferable shape is on the right side below.
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Context Nodes
Use a flat-based pentagon such as the one on the right below. A rounded top is also acceptable.
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Decision Nodes
Virtually all literature available on decision theory depicts decision nodes as rectangles.
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Utility Nodes
Hexagons are the preferred implementation, but parallelograms such as the one depicted below can be accepted
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