{"title":"The maximum number of columns in \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 E\u0000 \u0000 (\u0000 \u0000 s\u0000 2\u0000 \u0000 )\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 $,E({s}^{2})$\u0000 -optimal supersaturated designs with 16 rows and \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 \u0000 s\u0000 max\u0000 \u0000 =\u0000 4\u0000 \u0000 ${s}_{{rm{max }}}=4$\u0000 is 60","authors":"Luis B. Morales","doi":"10.1002/jcd.21873","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/jcd.21873","url":null,"abstract":"<p>We show that the maximum number of columns in <math>\u0000 <semantics>\u0000 <mrow>\u0000 <mspace></mspace>\u0000 <mi>E</mi>\u0000 <mrow>\u0000 <mo>(</mo>\u0000 <msup>\u0000 <mi>s</mi>\u0000 <mn>2</mn>\u0000 </msup>\u0000 <mo>)</mo>\u0000 </mrow>\u0000 </mrow>\u0000 <annotation> $,E({s}^{2})$</annotation>\u0000 </semantics></math>-optimal supersaturated designs (SSDs) with 16 rows and <math>\u0000 <semantics>\u0000 <mrow>\u0000 <msub>\u0000 <mi>s</mi>\u0000 <mi>max</mi>\u0000 </msub>\u0000 <mo>=</mo>\u0000 <mn>4</mn>\u0000 </mrow>\u0000 <annotation> ${s}_{{rm{max }}}=4$</annotation>\u0000 </semantics></math> is 60 by showing that there exists no resolvable 2-(16, 8, 35) design such that any two blocks from different parallel classes intersect in 3, 5, or 4 points. This is accomplished by an exhaustive computer search that uses the parallel class intersection pattern method to reduce the search space. We also classify all nonisomorphic <math>\u0000 <semantics>\u0000 <mrow>\u0000 <mspace></mspace>\u0000 <mi>E</mi>\u0000 <mrow>\u0000 <mo>(</mo>\u0000 <msup>\u0000 <mi>s</mi>\u0000 <mn>2</mn>\u0000 </msup>\u0000 <mo>)</mo>\u0000 </mrow>\u0000 </mrow>\u0000 <annotation> $,E({s}^{2})$</annotation>\u0000 </semantics></math>-optimal 5-circulant SSDs with 16 rows and <math>\u0000 <semantics>\u0000 <mrow>\u0000 <msub>\u0000 <mi>s</mi>\u0000 <mi>max</mi>\u0000 </msub>\u0000 <mo>=</mo>\u0000 <mn>8</mn>\u0000 </mrow>\u0000 <annotation> ${s}_{{rm{max }}}=8$</annotation>\u0000 </semantics></math>.</p>","PeriodicalId":15389,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Combinatorial Designs","volume":"31 4","pages":"165-178"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2023-01-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"50143087","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}