Influence

In any group of individual ls, some have more influence and some less. Often a leader will emerge, who is the most influential of all. The diagram illustrates the influence relations in a group of individuals.

An arrow on a line from one person to another indicates that the first person influences the second. The influence table for this group of people is:

Influences\Influenced By	A	B	C	D	E	F
A	0	0	0	0	1	0
B	0	0	0	0	1	0
C	1	1	0	0	1	0
D	0	1	0	0	1	0
E	0	0	0	0	0	0
F	0	1	0	1	0	0

The most influential person can be said to be the one who influences most other people. This is C, who influences 3 people.