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Optimal Multiply Constant-weight Codes from Generalized Howell Designs

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Constructions for optimal multiply constant-weight codes (MCWCs) with total weight 5 and distance 8 are studied. The equivalence between a special class of MCWCs and generalized Howell designs (GHDs) is established. The existences of GHD\(\big (\frac{3n-3}{2},3n\big )\)s and GHD\(\big (\frac{3n-5}{2},3n\big )\)s are discussed. As corollaries, a large number of optimal MCWCs are obtained.

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Wang, C., Chang, Y. & Feng, T. Optimal Multiply Constant-weight Codes from Generalized Howell Designs. Graphs and Combinatorics 35, 611–632 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00373-019-02020-7

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