Preece, D.A (1994) Triple youden rectangles - a new class of fully balanced combinatorial arrangements. Ars Combinatoria, 37 . pp. 175-182. ISSN 0381-7032.
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Abstract
Triple Youden rectangles are defined and examples are given. These combinatorial arrangements constitute a special class of k x v row-and-column designs, k < v, with superimposed treatments from three sets, namely a single set of v treatments and two sets of k treatments. The structure of each of these row-and-column designs incorporates that of a symmetrical balanced incomplete block design with v treatments in blocks of size k. Indeed, when either of the two sets of k treatments is deleted from a k x v triple Youden rectangle, a k x v double Youden rectangle is obtained; when both are deleted, a k x v Youden square remains. The paper obtains an infinite class of triple Youden rectangles of size k x (k + 1). Then it presents a 4 x 13 triple Youden rectangle which provides a balanced layout for two packs of playing-cards, and a 7 x 15 triple Youden rectangle which incorporates a particularly remarkable 7 x 15 Youden square. Triple Youden rectangles are fully balanced in a statistical as well as a combinatorial sense, and those discovered so far are statistically very efficient.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Subjects: | Q Science > QA Mathematics (inc Computing science) |
| Divisions: | Faculties > Science Technology and Medical Studies > School of Mathematics Statistics and Actuarial Science |
| Depositing User: | O.O. Odanye |
| Date Deposited: | 10 Jun 2009 08:28 |
| Last Modified: | 10 Jun 2009 08:28 |
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