Combinatorial Designs and Tournaments, 9780198500292
Hardcover
This book has two aims: first, to present some of the basic material on block designs and orthogonal Latin squares; and, secondly, to give an account of the construction of league tables, bridge tournaments (via balanced Room squares) and whist tournaments.

Combinatorial Designs and Tournaments

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  • Hardcover

    248 pages

  • Release Date

    10 April 1997

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Summary

This is an extensively revised version of the very successfulCombinatorial Designs: Construction Methods which was published in 1990 by Ellis Horwood and is now out of print. A new chapter on league schedules is now included, dealing with round robin tournaments, venue sequences, and carry over effects. Balanced tournament designs, double schedules, and bridge tournament designs are also covered, and there is some material on whist tournaments.The presentation is clear and reable. Throughout,…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780198500292
ISBN-10:0198500297
Series:Oxford Lecture Series in Mathematics and Its Applications
Author:Ian Anderson
Publisher:Oxford University Press
Imprint:Oxford University Press
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:248
Release Date:10 April 1997
Weight:518g
Dimensions:241mm x 161mm x 19mm
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Critics Review

`This is an outstanding book that deals with many classical combinatorial problems as well as much recent research not readily available in book form… Much of the research … is due to the author and his collaborators.‘Zentralblatt für Mathematik, 881

About The Author

Ian Anderson

Ian Anderson is at University of Glasgow.

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