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Table 2 Pooling desings of non-prime order

From: Effective matrix designs for COVID-19 group testing

k

Multipools [5]

PP (this work)

 

Desc.

M

Desc.

M

1

(64,8,2)-multipool

16

PP(8,2,1)

16

2

(64,8,3)-multipool

24

PP(8,2,2)

24

3

n.a.

n.a.

PP(8,2,3)

32

4

n.a.

n.a.

PP(8,2,4)

40

5

n.a.

n.a.

PP(8,2,5)

48

6

n.a.

n.a.

PP(8,2,6)

56

7

n.a.

n.a.

PP(8,2,7)

64

8

n.a.

n.a.

PP(8,2,8)

72

  1. Comparison of pooling designs with order \(q=\overline{n}=8\) from multipool [5] and PP methods to test \(N=\overline{N}=64\) samples. The designs from the multipool method can detect up to \(k=2\) positives, whereas PP can detect up to \(k=8\) positives