Journal Article

On the existence of a PBD(30,{4,5,7,8*})

Grüttmüller, M., Streso, K.
Journal of Combinatorial Designs, 12:4, 271–278 (2004)

Abstract

In the present paper, we will prove by an exhaustive search method that a pairwise balanced design on 30 points with blocks of size 4,5,7 and exactly one block of size 8 does not exist.
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