Group Divisible Designs with Two Association Classes

A. Chaiyasena 1, Spencer P. Hurd2, Narong Punnim3, Dinesh G. Sarvate4
1School of Mathematics, Suranaree University of Technology, 111 University Avenue, Muang District Nakhon Ratchasima 30000, Thail
2School of Science and Mathematics, The Citadel Charleston, SC, 29409, USA
3Department of Mathematics, Srinakharinwirot University Sukumvit 23, Bangkok 10110, Thailand
4Department of Mathematics, The College of Charleston Charleston, SC, 29424, USA

Abstract

We investigate group divisible designs with two association classes (known as GDDS, GADs or PBIBDs) with block size 3 and unequal size groups. We completely determine the necessary and sufficient conditions for groups with size vector \((n, 1)\) for any \(n \geq 3\), and \((n, 2, 1)\) for \(n \in \{2, 3, \ldots, 6\}\). We also have some general results for \((n_1, n_2, n_3)\).