Symmetric Design
In combinatorial mathematics, a block design is a set together with a family of subsets (repeated subsets are allowed at times) whose members are chosen to satisfy some set of properties that are deemed useful for a particular application. These applications come from many areas, including experimental design, finite geometry, software testing, cryptography, and algebraic geometry. Many variations have been examined, but the most intensely studied are the balanced incomplete block designs (BIBDs or 2-designs) which historically were related to statistical issues in the design of experiments.
A block design in which all the blocks have the same size is called uniform. The designs discussed in this article are all uniform. Pairwise balanced designs (PBDs) are examples of block designs that are not necessarily uniform.
Read more about Symmetric Design: Definition of A BIBD (or 2-design), Symmetric BIBDs, Resolvable 2-designs, Generalization: t-designs, Steiner Systems, Partially Balanced Designs (PBIBDs), Applications, See Also
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