Fully automated network design by digital computer: Preliminary considerations

Fixed-structure lumped, linear, time-invariant RLC network design problems may be solved by means of the digital computer in terms of gradient techniques in parameter space. Formulation of the network constraint equations in such a way that the variable parameters enter linearly allows the extension of this computer-aided scheme to the design of networks of originally unknown structure. The feasibility of this approach to fully automated network design is illustrated by means of computational examples. The extension to more general network design problems, involving controlled source models and time-variable and nonlinear elements, is discussed in the concluding section.