Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
421046 Discrete Applied Mathematics 2006 18 Pages PDF
Abstract

A constant composition code over a k-ary alphabet has the property that the numbers of occurrences of the k symbols within a codeword is the same for each codeword. These specialize to constant weight codes in the binary case, and permutation codes in the case that each symbol occurs exactly once. Constant composition codes arise in powerline communication and balanced scheduling, and are used in the construction of permutation codes. In this paper, direct and recursive methods are developed for the construction of constant composition codes.

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