What is a design? How should we classify them?

Rosemary Anne Bailey; Peter Jephson Cameron

What is a design? How should we classify them?

Rosemary Anne Bailey, Peter Jephson Cameron

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Abstract

Design theory crosses the boundary between mathematics and statistics, and includes a wide range of disparate types of design. In this paper we present a classification scheme which aims to include as many important types as possible, based on a balance among concept, representation and use.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	223-238
Number of pages	16
Journal	Designs, Codes and Cryptography
Volume	44
Publication status	Published - 2007

Keywords

block design
incidence
multiset
partition
geometry
chamber system

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