Coalition formation as a function of differences in resources

A number of studies on coalition formation have focused, at least in part, on the triad where resources are divided A > B >C and A B>C and A C, and A outside the coalition, because (B + C) > A. In an AB coalition, B controls only C outside the alliance, since A's greater resources' give A control of B within the coalition. C controls the person outside the alliance and is controlled by