The author presents a general framework for formulating network equilibrium problems in which the equilibrium conditions are given by a system of nonlinear equations. Existence and uniqueness results are presented, and iterative solution techniques with well-defined convergence properties are suggested. For illustrative purposes, these techniques are applied to a specific two-mode equilibrium model; a discussion comparing some aspects of this approach with other existing approaches is included.
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