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Constructions of Optimal and Near-Optimal Multiply Constant-Weight Codes
Multiply constant-weight codes (MCWCs) have been recently studied to improve
the reliability of certain physically unclonable function response. In this
paper, we give combinatorial constructions for MCWCs which yield several new
infinite families of optimal MCWCs. Furthermore, we demonstrate that the
Johnson type upper bounds of MCWCs are asymptotically tight for fixed weights
and distances. Finally, we provide bounds and constructions of two dimensional
MCWCs
Some results on triangle partitions
We show that there exist efficient algorithms for the triangle packing
problem in colored permutation graphs, complete multipartite graphs,
distance-hereditary graphs, k-modular permutation graphs and complements of
k-partite graphs (when k is fixed). We show that there is an efficient
algorithm for C_4-packing on bipartite permutation graphs and we show that
C_4-packing on bipartite graphs is NP-complete. We characterize the cobipartite
graphs that have a triangle partition
Partitioning the power set of into -free parts
We show that for , in any partition of ,
the set of all subsets of , into parts, some
part must contain a triangle --- three different subsets
such that , , and have distinct representatives.
This is sharp, since by placing two complementary pairs of sets into each
partition class, we have a partition into triangle-free parts. We
also address a more general Ramsey-type problem: for a given graph , find
(estimate) , the smallest number of colors needed for a coloring of
, such that no color class contains a Berge- subhypergraph.
We give an upper bound for for any connected graph which is
asymptotically sharp (for fixed ) when , a cycle, path, or
star with edges. Additional bounds are given for and .Comment: 12 page
Set-Codes with Small Intersections and Small Discrepancies
We are concerned with the problem of designing large families of subsets over
a common labeled ground set that have small pairwise intersections and the
property that the maximum discrepancy of the label values within each of the
sets is less than or equal to one. Our results, based on transversal designs,
factorizations of packings and Latin rectangles, show that by jointly
constructing the sets and labeling scheme, one can achieve optimal family sizes
for many parameter choices. Probabilistic arguments akin to those used for
pseudorandom generators lead to significantly suboptimal results when compared
to the proposed combinatorial methods. The design problem considered is
motivated by applications in molecular data storage and theoretical computer
science
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