TY - BOOK AU - Dey,Aloke TI - Incomplete block designs T2 - Text and Readings in Mathematics SN - 9789380250045 U1 - 511.6 23rd PY - 2010/// CY - New Delhi PB - Hindustan Book Agency KW - Block Designs KW - Combinatorics KW - Design Theory N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction -- Analysis and properties of block designs -- Balanced designs -- Partially balanced designs -- More incomplete block designs -- Optimality aspects of block designs -- Appendix N2 - This work offers a systematic, rigorous, and comprehensive survey of incomplete block designs, consolidating both classical (BIB, PBIB) and extended types like efficiency-balanced, nested, robust, C-, and alpha-designs. It further explores applications in biological assays, test-control experiments, and diallel crosses. A dedicated chapter discusses optimality results, including test-control comparisons and parallel-line assays. ER -