ber of time periods for the survey design. Typically,
number of periods if sampling occurs once per period or number of months if
sampling occurs once per month. (v, number of varieties/treatments in BIBD
terms)</p></dd>


<dt>n_pnl</dt>
<dd><p>Number of panels (b, number of blocks in BIBD terms)</p></dd>


<dt>n_visit</dt>
<dd><p>Number of time periods to be visited in a panel (k, block
size in BIBD terms)</p></dd>


<dt>nsamp</dt>
<dd><p>Number of samples in each panel.</p></dd>


<dt>panel_name</dt>
<dd>