The existence of three idempotent IMOLS

Discrete Mathematics

Volumn 262, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 1-16

  Abel, R Julian R ^a   Du, Beiliang ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Idempotent incomplete transversal design; Incomplete orthogonal latin square; Incomplete transversal design; Orthogonal latin squares; Quasi difference matrix; Transversal design

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867957731     PISSN: 0012365X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-365X(02)00517-4     Document Type: Article

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