| Abstract: | In this paper, we consider explicit constructions of perfect hash families using combinatorial methods. We provide several direct constructions from combinatorial structures related to orthogonal arrays. We also simplify and generalize a recursive construction due to Atici, Magliversas, Stinson and Wei [3]. Using similar methods, we also obtain efficient constructions for separating hash families which result in improved existence results for structures such as separating systems, key distribution patterns, group testing algorithms, cover‐free families and secure frameproof codes. © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Combin Designs 8:189–200, 2000 |
