Suppose $S$ is a set with $n$ elements. Let $U=\{T|T\subseteq S\text{ and }|T|=k\}$, i.e., $U$ is the set of all possible subsets of $S$ with cardinality $k$. Clearly $|U|=\binom{n}{k}$. Then how many ways are there to select $m$ subsets, such that the union of these subsets is $S$?
My attempt basically takes advantage of the inclusion-exclusion principle. The number of distinct ways to select $m$ subsets from $U$ is $$\binom{\binom{n}{k}}{m}.$$ We subtract the combination of subsets which does not include one element of $S$. For $x\in S$, the number of subsets which does not contain $x$ is $\binom{n-1}{k}$, so we should subtract $$n\binom{\binom{n-1}{k}}{m}.$$ We then add the combinations that does not include two elements of $S$. Similarly, we add $$\binom{n}{2}\binom{\binom{n-2}{k}}{m}.$$ Repeat this procedure until $\binom{n-j}{k}<m$, where $j$ is the number of elements in $S$ that are not contained in the subset. So, at last, the answer to the problem is $$\Large\sum\limits_{\begin{matrix}j=0\\\binom{n-j}{k}\ge m\end{matrix}}^{n}{(-1)}^j\binom{n}{j}\binom{\binom{n-j}{k}}{m}.$$ But I'm not quite satisfied to this answer. Is there a closed form of this expression? Or has this problem be well-studied? Thanks.