Constructions of optimal packing designs

Journal of Combinatorial Designs

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 245-260

  Yin, Jianxing ^a   Assaf, Ahmed M ^b  

^a SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Construction; Optimal packing; Packing number

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041692267     PISSN: 10638539     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6610(1998)6:4<245::AID-JCD3>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Article

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