Network Alignment Technique

A method is presented whereby the response of production networks can be adjusted to a standard response by making single adjustments in the elements one at a time. The only requirement, apart from the linearity of the networks, is that their elements be within reasonable range of the correct values at the outset. In the example described, this range included deviations from 10 to 20 per cent. The technique reduces simply to the adjustment of the elements, one at a time, until an indicating instrument reads zero.