| Description |
xiv, 357 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Series |
Mathematics and its applications ; v. 368 |
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Mathematics and its applications (Kluwer Academic Publishers) ; v. 368
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| Contents |
1. A Bridge Club Design / W. D. Wallis -- 2. The First Time / Steven Furino -- 3. Computational Methods in Design Theory / Rudolf Mathon -- 4. Finding Designs with Genetic Algorithms / Daniel Ashlock -- 5. Making the Mols Table / Charles J. Colbourn and Jeffrey H. Dinitz -- 6. On Writing Isomorphism Programs / William Kocay -- 7. The Nonexistence of 4-(12,6,6) Designs / Brendan D. McKay and Stanislaw P. Radziszowski -- 8. BIBDS with k = 6 and [lambda] = 1 / W. H. Mills -- 9. Polyhedral Methods in Design Theory / Lucia Moura -- 10. Another Look at Large Sets of Steiner Triple Systems / Martin J. Sharry and Anne Penfold Street -- 11. (22, 33, 12, 8, 4)-BIBD, An Update / G. H. J. van Rees |
| Summary |
The volume contains eleven papers on various computational techniques used in constructive design theory, written by experts in the field. Included are papers on the use of optimization and numerical analysis techniques, construction of classes of combinatorial design, and attempts to block designs with given small parameters. The volume contains two tutorial papers |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
Combinatorial designs and configurations.
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| Author |
Wallis, W. D.
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| LC no. |
96011759 |
| ISBN |
0792340159 (hb : alk. paper) |
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