Generalized power domination of graphs

In this paper, we introduce the concept of k-power domination which is a common generalization of domination and power domination. We extend several known results for power domination to k-power domination. Concerning the complexity of the k-power domination problem, we first show that deciding whether a graph admits a k-power dominating set of size at most t is NP-complete for chordal graphs and for bipartite graphs. We then give a linear algorithm for the problem on trees. Finally, we propose sharp upper bounds for the power domination number of connected graphs and of connected claw-free (k + 2)-regular graphs.