OFFSET
9,2
COMMENTS
C(v,k,t) is the smallest number of k-subsets of an n-set such that every t-subset is contained in at least one of the k-subsets.
REFERENCES
CRC Handbook of Combinatorial Designs, 1996, p. 263.
W. H. Mills and R. C. Mullin, Coverings and packings, pp. 371-399 of Jeffrey H. Dinitz and D. R. Stinson, editors, Contemporary Design Theory, Wiley, 1992.
LINKS
D. Applegate, E. M. Rains and N. J. A. Sloane, On asymmetric coverings and covering numbers, J. Comb. Des. 11 (2003), 218-228.
D. Gordon, La Jolla Repository of Coverings
K. J. Nurmela and Patric R. J. Östergård, New coverings of t-sets with (t+1)-sets, J. Combinat. Designs, 7 (1999), 217-226.
K. J. Nurmela and Patric R. J. Östergård, New coverings of t-sets with (t+1)-sets (appendix), J. Combinat. Designs, 7 (1999), 217-226.
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn,hard
AUTHOR
STATUS
approved