This paper develops a three-stage extension of the standard biproportional RAS algorithm-an extension that we label TRAS-to incorporate information in addition to row and column margins. The TRAS algorithm is tested using pseudo-censored input-output tables and is shown to produce more accurate...

In many cases there is a need to balance commodity-flow system data quickly and with limited resources. In order to compile new supply and use tables and investment matrices consistent with revised national accounts data, it can be necessary to apply some sort of automatic balancing technique....