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Erik Aas: Banzhaf vectors

Erik Aas (KTH)

Time: Wed 2012-11-28 10.15 - 12.00

Location: Room 3733, 7th floor, Dept. Mathematics, KTH

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For any simplicial complex on n nodes, one can define its Banzhaf vector, which is a nonnegative integer vector with n components. The i-th component is supposed to measure the political power of node (=voter) i in the simplicial complex (=voting game). I will give a survey of this statistic, including:

  • enumerating the set of all Banzhaf vectors of all simplicial complexes, respectively of the weighted complexes (to be defined).
  • the inverse problem of constructing a simplicial complex of a given class with a given Banzhaf vector.
  • connections to computer science.
In computer science, the Banzhaf weight is better known as (Boolean) "influence"; weighted complexes are called (nonnegative) "linear threshold functions".