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一种基于组的完美序列覆盖阵列结构

A group-based structure for perfect sequence covering arrays

Jingzhou Na, Jonathan Jedwab, Shuxing Li

摘要:

一个$(n,k)$ -完美序列覆盖阵列与重$λ$,表示为PSCA $(n,k,λ)$,是一个多集,其元素是序列$(1,2, \dots, n)$的排列,并共同包含每个有序长度$k$子序列正好$λ$次。主要目的是为每对$(n,k)$确定存在PSCA $(n,k,λ)$的$λ$的最小值(表示为$g(n,k)$);更一般地,确定存在PSCA $(n,k,λ)$的值$λ$的完整集合。Yuster最近确定了第一个已知的大于1的$g(n,k)$值,即$g(5,3)=2$,并建议找到其他这样的值将是具有挑战性的。我们表明,$g(6,3)=g(7,3)=2$,使用递归搜索方法的启发,由于Mathon的旧算法。然后,我们施加一个基于组的结构上的完美序列覆盖数组限制它是一个工会的规定的非平凡的对称组$S_n$子群的不同陪集。这使我们能够确定$g(7,4)=2$和$g(7,5) \in \{2,3,4\}$以及$g(8,3) \in \{2,3\}$和$g(9,3) \in \{2,3,4\}$的新结果。我们还表明,对于每个$(n,k) \in \{ (5,3), (6,3), (7,3), (7,4) \}$,存在PSCA $(n,k,λ)$当且仅当$λ\ge 2$ ;存在PSCA $(8,3,λ)$当且仅当$λ\ge g(8,3)$。

英文摘要:

An $(n,k)$-perfect sequence covering array with multiplicity $λ$, denoted PSCA$(n,k,λ)$, is a multiset whose elements are permutations of the sequence $(1,2, \dots, n)$ and which collectively contain each ordered length $k$ subsequence exactly $λ$ times. The primary objective is to determine for each pair $(n,k)$ the smallest value of $λ$, denoted $g(n,k)$, for which a PSCA$(n,k,λ)$ exists; and more generally, the complete set of values $λ$ for which a PSCA$(n,k,λ)$ exists. Yuster recently determined the first known value of $g(n,k)$ greater than 1, namely $g(5,3)=2$, and suggested that finding other such values would be challenging. We show that $g(6,3)=g(7,3)=2$, using a recursive search method inspired by an old algorithm due to Mathon. We then impose a group-based structure on a perfect sequence covering array by restricting it to be a union of distinct cosets of a prescribed nontrivial subgroup of the symmetric group $S_n$. This allows us to determine the new results that $g(7,4)=2$ and $g(7,5) \in \{2,3,4\}$ and $g(8,3) \in \{2,3\}$ and $g(9,3) \in \{2,3,4\}$. We also show that, for each $(n,k) \in \{ (5,3), (6,3), (7,3), (7,4) \}$, there exists a PSCA$(n,k,λ)$ if and only if $λ\ge 2$; and that there exists a PSCA$(8,3,λ)$ if and only if $λ\ge g(8,3)$.

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