Designing Progressive Dinner Parties
Douglas R. Stinson

TL;DR
This paper explores combinatorial design methods for scheduling progressive dinner parties, offering elementary approaches to create effective dinner schedules.
Contribution
It introduces simple combinatorial techniques for designing progressive dinner party schedules, filling a gap in practical combinatorial design applications.
Findings
Proposes elementary methods for dinner party scheduling
Provides combinatorial design solutions for progressive dinners
Enhances understanding of schedule construction in social event planning
Abstract
I recently came across a combinatorial design problem involving progressive dinner parties (also known as safari suppers). In this note, I provide some elementary methods of designing schedules for these kinds of dinner parties.
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Taxonomy
TopicsOrganizational Management and Leadership · Global Trade and Competitiveness · Operations Management Techniques
