The previous influence computation is good when dealing with simple influence that is based on individual units helping a faction. However, this could lead to holes in the map instead of covering a whole section. One technique to approach that problem is flooding; it's a technique based on Dijkstra's algorithm.
Improving influence with map flooding
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