A design in combinatorics is a finite incidence structure consisting of a set of points and a collection of subsets, called blocks, subject to specified regularity conditions. Block designs require prescribed numbers of points in the blocks and prescribed numbers of blocks through selected sets of points. Experimental design is the separate statistical problem of planning an experiment.
Design
See also
Block Design, Combinatorics, Design Theory, Hadamard Design, Howell Design, Experimental Design, Latin Rectangle, Latin Square, Room Square, Spherical Design, Symmetric Block Design, Transversal DesignExplore with Wolfram|Alpha
References
Colbourn, C. J. and Dinitz, J. H. (Eds.). CRC Handbook of Combinatorial Designs. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 1996.Referenced on Wolfram|Alpha
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Weisstein, Eric W. "Design." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/Design.html