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minimal winning coalition  

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  • In a simple game, a minimal winning coalition (MWC) is a winning coalition that would become losing if any member left. Although the idea of MWC surely goes back a long way, the formal concept was introduced into game theory in 1944 in the fundamental book by John von Neumann and Oskar Morgenstern. [Source: Encyclopedia of Power; Minimal Winning Coalition]

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