Modified group divisible designs with block size 5 and λ = 1

Discrete Mathematics

Volumn 256, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 1-22

  Julian, R ^a   Abel, R ^a,b   Assaf, Ahmed M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Incomplete transversal design; Modified group divisible design; Pairwise balanced design

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750971178     PISSN: 0012365X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0012-365x(01)00430-7     Document Type: Article

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