The power-dependence solution to exchange networks assumes that both members of every exchange have equally good alternatives outside the exchange; this solution is an application of the game-theoretic concept of the kernel [2] to exchange networks. All the illustrated networks have four or five nodes and all exchanges are worth 24 points. In every network, nodes and divide 24 points, as do nodes and . You can try to equalize dependence within exchanging pairs by controlling the amounts earned by nodes and .