Balanced incomplete block designs with block size 8

Journal of Combinatorial Designs

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 233-268

  Abel, R Julian R ^a   Bluskov, Iliya ^b   Greig, Malcolm ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c Greig Consulting   (Canada)

Author keywords

BIBD; GDD; Pairwise balanced design

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242635834     PISSN: 10638539     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcd.1010     Document Type: Article

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