This paper presents a method of generating a class of equivalent networks from an initial network

such that a transfer function

kept invariant throughout the transformation. The class of networks to be considered is chosen so that the sensitivities of

to changes in the network elements of the initial network given by

and the sensitivities of all of the generated equivalent networks can be obtained by simple matrix multiplication. Partial differentiation is avoided. The equivalent networks are generated from

by transforming the vector of network variables and the input vector in the equilibrium equations defined below. The transformation is performed in such a manner that the equivalent networks

are generated by congruence, transforming the matrices

and

that appear in the system of equations

. The single-output transfer function

is given by

. Provided that the equations possess specified properties, the sensitivities are easily obtained and can be applied to the problem of sensitivity minimization. Furthermore, if

is the sum

, then the partial derivatives of

with respect to the transformation parameters are readily obtained. Again only matrix multiplication is required.