Resolvable 4-cycle group divisible designs with two associate classes: Part size even

Abstract: Let denote the graph on a vertices with edges between every pair of vertices. Take p copies of this graph , and join each pair of vertices in different copies with edges. The resulting graph is denoted by , a graph that was of particular interest to Bose and Shimamoto in their study of group divisible designs with two associate classes. The existence of z-cycle decompositions of this graph have been found when . In this paper we consider resolvable decompositions, finding necessary and sufficient conditions for a 4-cycle factorization of (when is even) or of minus a 1-factor (when is odd) whenever a is even. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]