Existence of HPMDs with block size five

Journal of Combinatorial Designs

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 257-273

  Bennett, F E ^a   Chang, Y ^b   Yin, J ^c   Zhang, H ^d  

^a MOUNT SAINT VINCENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b BEIJING JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d University of Iowa   (United States)

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EID: 0007147392     PISSN: 10638539     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6610(1997)5:4<257::AID-JCD3>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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