Bhartiya Krishi Anusandhan Patrika, volume 35 issue 1-2 (march-june 2020) : 102-105

Three-associate class partially balanced incomplete block designs through kronecker product

Cini Varghese, Seema Jaggi, Mohd Harun, Devendra Kumar
1<div style="text-align: justify;">ICAR-Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute, PUSA, New Delhi&ndash;12, India</div>
  • Submitted02-07-2020|

  • Accepted18-07-2020|

  • First Online 10-09-2020|

  • doi 10.18805/BKAP211

Cite article:- Varghese Cini, Jaggi Seema, Harun Mohd, Kumar Devendra (2020). Three-associate class partially balanced incomplete block designs through kronecker product. Bhartiya Krishi Anusandhan Patrika. 35(1): 102-105. doi: 10.18805/BKAP211.
Kronecker product of matrices can be advantageously used to obtain three-associate class partially balanced incomplete block (PBIB) designs from two-associate class PBIB designs, for a larger number of treatments. This method has been described here and two such series of PBIB designs are obtained. If the experimenter is constrained of resources, theses designs can be used as an alternative to balanced incomplete block designs or 2-associate class partially balanced incomplete block designs. 
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