Directed-ordered whist tournaments and \((v,5,1)\) difference families: Existence results and some new classes of \(Z\)-cyclic solutions

DOI10.1016/j.dam.2003.12.005zbMath1053.05011OpenAlexW2072456991MaRDI QIDQ1887039

R. Julian R. Abel, Norman J. Finizio, Stephanie Costa

Publication date: 23 November 2004

Published in: Discrete Applied Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dam.2003.12.005

zbMATH Keywords

Whist tournaments\(Z\)-cyclic designsAlmost difference familiesNear resolvable BIBDsResolvable BIBDs

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Combinatorial aspects of block designs (05B05) Combinatorial aspects of difference sets (number-theoretic, group-theoretic, etc.) (05B10)

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