Strongly Balanced 4-Kite Designs Nested into OQ-Systems

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In this paper we determine the spectrum for octagon quadrangle systems [OQS] which can be partitioned into two strongly balanced 4-kitedesigns.

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M. Gionfriddo, L. Milazzo and R. Rota, "Strongly Balanced 4-Kite Designs Nested into OQ-Systems," Applied Mathematics, Vol. 4 No. 4, 2013, pp. 703-706. doi: 10.4236/am.2013.44097.

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