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Constructions of Group Divisible Designs

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In this paper we present constructions for group divisible designs from generalized partial difference matrices. We describe some classes of examples.

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Landgev, I.N. Constructions of Group Divisible Designs. Designs, Codes and Cryptography 8, 309–318 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1027303807104

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