On symmetric balanced incomplete block designs with doubly transitive automorphism groups

On a Characterization of Symmetric Balanced Incomplete Block Designs

All the symmetric balanced incomplete block (SBIB) designs have been characterized and a new generalized expression on parameters of SBIB designs has been obtained. The parameter b has been formulated in a different way which is denoted by bi, i = 1, 2, 3, associating with the types of the SBIB design Di. The parameters of all the designs obtained through this representation have been tabulated...

Splitting balanced incomplete block designs

Block-transitive designs and maximal subgroups of finite symmetric groups

of finite symmetric groups.

Remarks on Balanced Incomplete Block Designs

Proof. Assume the hypothesis and the falsity of either conclusion. Construct matrix A of 2x + 2 rows and 4x+4 columns, with entries + 1 and — 1. The first column contains exclusively +1, and the second column — 1. Set up one-to-one correspondences between rows of A and elements of D ; between columns other than the first two of A and blocks of D. Enter +1 if the element is contained in the bloc...

Finding Balanced Incomplete Block Designs with Metaheuristics

This paper deals with the generation of balanced incomplete block designs (BIBD), a hard constrained combinatorial problem with multiple applications. This problem is here formulated as a combinatorial optimization problem (COP) whose solutions are binary matrices. Two different neighborhood structures are defined, based on bit-flipping and position-swapping. These are used within three metaheu...