Title
Disproof of a conjecture on the existence of balanced optimal covering codes
Abstract
The minimum number of codewords in a binary code with length n and covering radius R is denoted by K(n,R), and corresponding codes are called optimal. A code with M words is said to be balanced in a given coordinate if the number of 0's and 1's in this coordinate are at least └M/2┘. A code is balanced if it is balanced in all coordinates. It has been conjectured that among optimal covering codes with given parameters there is at least one balanced code. By using a computational method for classifying covering codes, it is shown that there is no balanced code attaining K(9,1)=62.
Year
DOI
Venue
2003
10.1109/TIT.2002.807307
IEEE Transactions on Information Theory
Keywords
Field
DocType
radius r,binary code,balanced optimal,computational method,m word,length n,minimum number,corresponding code,balanced code,binary codes
Discrete mathematics,Combinatorics,Covering code,Binary code,Linear code,Conjecture,Code (cryptography),Mathematics
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
49
2
0018-9448
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
1
0.36
4
Authors
1
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Patric R. J. Östergård19212.09