A matrix $M$ of order $n$ is an MDS (Maximum Distance Separable) matrix if and only if every sub-matrix of $M$ is non-singular.
For a matrix of order $n$, we should obtain $\sum_{i=1}^n \, {n \choose i }^2$ determinant to find out that a matrix is MDS or not. So, when the order of a matrix is less than $10$, we can use the mentioned definition to check that is it MDS matrix or not. But for large order of matrix, this definition is not applicable.
My question:
Is there a probabilistic method to find out a matrix is MDS or not MDS ?
I think, the above question is similar to this question that for a random large number how to find if a number is prime or not. When a number is large, the exhaustive search is not useful to test and there are some probabilistic methods for prime numbers.
In addition, when a matrix $A$ of order $n$, is not MDS, it means there is at least a sub-matrix of $A$ like $B$ of order $k$, $1\leq k \leq n$, such that determinant $B$ is zero. Now, the possibility of $k$ being a small number is larger than that of $k$ being a large number. I mean, when I want to start the algorithm of exhaustive search, is it better to search form sub-matrices of size $2$ to $n-1$ or inverse?
I think, one of the ways that make optimal the exhaustive search is that we use lookup table method. I mean, we just calculate the all determinant of sub-matrix of order $2$ and save it and after that for determinant of sub-matrices of order $3$, we use of our table and update lookup table with determinant of sub-matrices of order $3$ and repeat this algorithm. This algorithm in math language is easy but It's Implementation is complicated.
My motivation of this question is this paper.
I would appreciate any suggestions.
Edition:
Assume $A_i$, $1\leq i \leq r$, where $r$ is a natural number, be MDS matrices. Is there a method to obtain a MDS matrix like $B$ that is constructed from $A_i$ matrices. I mean, from MDS matrices of low order, obtain a MDS matrix with higher order. For example.
The motivation of this edition is the method of construction of Hadamard matrix.