Weights on homogeneous coherent configurations

Abstract

D. G. Higman generalized a coherent configuration and defined a weight. In this article, we will modify the definition and investigate weights on coherent configurations. If our weights are on a thin homogeneous coherent configuration, that is essentially a finite group, then there is a natural correspondence between the set of equivalence classes of weights and $2$-cohomology group of the group. We also give a construction of weights as a generalization of Higman's method using monomial representations of finite groups.