function plot_how
  
% create empty figure
figure
  
% adjust font size of axis
axes('FontSize',16)

% define vectors to plot
x=1:.2:6;
y=sin(x);
z=cos(x);

% create the plot
plot(x,y,'ro--','LineWidth',1);
hold on;
plot(x,z,'b:','LineWidth',2);

% Enforce axis limits
xlim([0 7]);
ylim([-2 3]);

% Enforce ticks
set(gca,'XTick',[ 0 2 4 6 ])
set(gca,'YTick',[ ]) 

% Create a grid
grid;

% Create legend
legend('Simulation 1','Simulation 2');

% Label axis and plot
xlabel('Time')
ylabel('Pathways')
title('Distribution')

% Other ways of plotting

figure;

subplot(2,2,1);
bar(x,y);

subplot(2,2,2);
semilogx(x,y,'+');

subplot(2,2,3);
semilogy(x,y,'d');

subplot(2,2,4);
loglog(x,y,'ks-');