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.
![influence](/university-maths/matrices-and-linear-algebra/influence.png)
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. You have no rights to post comments