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Finite Euclidean Geometry Approach for Constructing Balanced Incomplete Block Design (BIBD)

U. P. Akra, S. S. Akpan, T. A. Ugbe, O. E. Ntekim

Asian Journal of Probability and Statistics · pp. 47–59 · Published 7 Apr 2021

10.9734/ajpas/2021/v11i430274

Abstract

In block design, construction of Balanced Incomplete Block Design (BIBD) remained an unsolved problem in combinatorial design; also various construction techniques have been introduced to build the elements of BIBDs for specific parameters; no general method has been proposed to find a suitable structure for BIBDs. This paper aim at employing Finite Euclidean Geometry FEG (N,s) of N – dimensional space to construct balanced incomplete block design (BIBD). Also geometrical construction of FEG (2,2) BIBDs has been made. The results show that this technique proved a better method for constructing BIBD than other methods in terms of estimation of parameters to build the design structure.

Block design BIBD geometry and Euclidean geometry

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