On cyclic semi-regular group divisible designs (Q1102672)

Consider a set of v symbols partitioned into m (\(\geq 2)\) equivalence classes of n symbols each. An arrangement of these v symbols in b sets of k \((<v)\) distinct symbols is said to be a group divisible (GD) design if (i) every symbol occurs in r sets, and (ii) two distinct symbols from the same equivalence class occur together in \(\lambda_ 1\) sets and two symbols from different equivalence classes occur together in \(\lambda_ 2\) sets. If the automorphism group of a GD design contains a cyclic group of order v, then the GD design is said to be cyclic. A GD design is said to be semi-regular (SR) if rk-v \(\lambda\) \({}_ 2=0.\) In this paper, the authors study the properties of cyclic SRGD designs.