Simple adjustments

Syntax

BD>adjust : [B / D + D + ...+ D ]

where B and are the names of bases or elements.

For simple adjustments we announce the base to be adjusted, B, and the collections to be used for the adjustment, . This leads to the following sequence of adjustments. Firstly, the base B is adjusted by the base , giving the adjustment . Secondly, the base is adjusted by the base . As well as the standard adjustment, the partial adjustment is also reported. That is, we report both and , where the latter is the partial adjustment of B by , having accounted for . This process continues for the remaining information sources : at each stage, we report the overall adjustment to that point, together with the partial adjustment representing the change between the and the accumulation of the previous adjustments.

The base notation discussed in §9.1.2 may be used. Any base which is presented for use during an adjustment must contain only elements having beliefs, and no data elements.