Generalized whist tournament designs (Q1398248)

A generalized whist tournament design, \((t,k)\text{GWhD}(v)\), is a schedule of games for a tournament consisting of \(v\) players that is played in \(v-1\) or \(v\) rounds, where each game involves \(k\) players in a multi-team game with \(t\) members per team, a round consists of \((v-1)/k\) or \(v/k\) simultaneous games (and so each player plays in at most one of the games in a round), and each pair of players are teammates in \(a(t-1)\) games and opponents in \(a(k-t)\) games (with \(a\) normally taken to be \(1\)). The authors provide direct and recursive constructions of GWhDs, thereby establishing infinite classes of such designs, and discuss interconnections with various other related designs. Information on the possible existence of GWhDs for \(v\leq 33\) is also provided.