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VCE 12 General 2023

7.06 Dominance matrices

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Dominance matrices
1

Complete the dominance matrix, \begin{bmatrix} 0 & 0 & 0 & 1 \\ 1 & 0 & 0 & 0 \\ ⬚ & ⬚ & ⬚ & 1 \\ ⬚ & ⬚ & ⬚ & ⬚ \end{bmatrix} .

2

The given dominance matrix represents the results of a darts competition between four people:

a

Which player lost the most games?

b

Who was the winner between Yuri and Edward?

c

Which player has the most wins?

\begin{matrix} & \begin{matrix} \\ \text{Y} & \text{M} & \text{A} & \text{E} \end{matrix} \\ \begin{matrix} \text{Yuri} \\ \text{Marge} \\ \text{Avril} \\ \text{Edward} \end{matrix} & \begin{bmatrix} 0 & 0 & 0 & 0 \\ 1 & 0 & 1 & 1 \\ 1 & 0 & 0 & 0 \\ 1 & 0 & 1 & 0 \\ \end{bmatrix} \end{matrix}
3

The results of a tennis competition between four friends are listed below:

Create a dominance matrix for the tennis competition.

  • Sally beat Bob
  • Valentina beat Lain
  • Lain beat Sally
  • Bob beat Valentina
  • Sally beat Valentina
  • Lain beat Bob
4

The results of a handball competition between four friends are listed below:

a

Create a dominance matrix, M, for the handball competition.

b

Hence find the second stage dominance matrix, M^2.

c

Find M + M^2.

  • Patricia beat Mohamad
  • Joanne beat Ned
  • Joanne beat Patricia
  • Ned beat Mohamad
  • Patricia beat Ned
  • Mohamad beat Joanne
5

The results of an arm wrestling competition between four friends are listed below:

a

Create the dominance matrix, M, for the arm wrestling competition.

b

Hence find the second stage dominance matrix, M^2.

c

Find M + \dfrac{1}{2} M^2.

  • Skye beat Aaron
  • Sally beat James
  • Skye beat James
  • Sally beat Aaron
  • Sally beat Skye
  • James beat Aaron
6

Five soccer teams, A, B, C, D and E play a tournament where no draws are allowed (if necessary, games are decided by penalty shoot outs). The results are displayed below:

a

Construct a network diagram that represents the tournament results.

b

Create a dominance matrix, M, for the competition.

c

Hence find the second stage dominance matrix M^2.

d

Find T = M + M^2.

e

Hence rank the teams from highest to lowest dominance.

  • E defeated B
  • C defeated D
  • A defeated C
  • E defeated D
  • B defeated D
  • E defeated A
  • E defeated C
  • A defeated B
  • A defeated D
  • B defeated C
7

For each network diagram:

i

Create a dominance matrix, M, for the competition.

ii

Hence find the second stage dominance matrix M^2.

iii

Find T = M + M^2.

iv

Hence determine the dominant node for the network.

a
b
8

A salesperson works in the towns A, B, C and D as shown in the network diagram:

a

Create an adjacency matrix, M, for this network.

b

How many one stage paths are there between C and A?

c

Determine the second stage adjacency matrix, M^2.

d

How many two stage paths are there between A and C?

9

The network diagram indicates a competition between five people. An arrow from A to B means that A defeated B.

a

Create a dominance matrix, M, for the competition.

b

Determine the second stage dominance matrix M^2.

c

Determine M + M^2.

10

Consider the following network diagram:

a

Create a dominance matrix, M, for this network.

b

Determine the second stage dominance matrix M^2 for the network.

c

Determine T = M + M^2.

d

Hence rank the nodes from highest to lowest dominance according to T.

11

The network diagram below represents a river system flowing from I to F:

a

Create a dominance matrix, M, for this network.

b

Determine the second stage dominance matrix M^2 for the system.

c

Determine the third stage dominance matrix M^3 for the system.

d

Find T = M + M^2 + M^3.

e

Use a matrix to determine the number of three stage paths there are from I to F.

f

Use a matrix to determine the number of two stage paths there are from I to F.

g

Use a matrix to determine the total number of paths from I to F.

h

Confirm your results to parts (e), (f) and (g) using the diagram of the river system.

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