There is a new method of constructing generalized quadrangles (GQs) which is based on covering of nets; all GQs with a regular point can be represented in this way. Here we first construct from a generalized quadrangle d with a regular point a four-class association scheme .&@'I called in brief geometric. It is then natural to call pseudo-geometric any association scheme M with the same parameters as LX'(@). We use eigenvalue techniques and the above method of construction to give a

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... tion of pseudo-geometric association schemes which are geometric.