The reinforcement number of a graph G is the minimum cardinality of a set of extra edges whose addition results in a graph with domination number less than the domination number of G. In this paper we consider this parameter for digraphs, investigate the relationship between reinforcement numbers of undirected graphs and digraphs, and obtain further results for regular graphs. We also determine...

From a natural generalization to E* of the concept of congruence, it is possible to define a family of 2-regular digraphs that we call double commutative-step digraphs. They turn out to be Cayley diagrams of Abelian groups generated by two elements, and can be represented by L-shaped tiles which tessellate the plane periodically. A double commutative-step digraph with n vertices is said to be t...

There is increasing interest in the design of dense vertex-symmetric graphs and digraphs as models of interconnection networks for implementing parallelism. In these systems many nodes are connected with relatively few links and short paths between them and each node may execute, without modifications, the same communication software. In this paper we give new families of dense vertex-symmetric...

Zero forcing is a propagation process on a graph, or digraph, defined in linear algebra to provide a bound for the minimum rank problem. Independently, zero forcing was introduced in physics, computer science and network science, areas where line digraphs are frequently used as models. Zero forcing is also related to power domination, a propagation process that models the monitoring of electric...

This paper describes algorithms for answering shortest path queries in digraphs with small separators and, in particular, in planar digraphs. In this version of the problem, one has to preprocess the input graph so that, given an arbitrary pair of query vertices v and w, the shortest-path distance between v and w can be computed in a short time. The goal is to achieve balance between the prepro...

The semigroup DV of digraphs on a set V of n labeled vertices is defined. It is shown that DV is faithfully represented by the semigroup Bn of n × n Boolean matrices and that the Green’s L, R, H, and D equivalence classifications of digraphs in DV follow directly from the Green’s classifications already established for Bn. The new results found from this are: (i) L, R, and H equivalent digraphs...

In this paper we present suucient conditions for unweighted digraphs to induce facet-deening inequalities of the linear ordering polytope P n. We introduce constructive operations (Identiication (of nodes),5-Extension) for generating new facets of P n by using already known facets. The identiication generates new digraphs by identiication two nodes of the source di-graph and presented for arbit...

We give short proofs of the adjacency matrix characterizations of interval digraphs and unit interval digraphs.

let $d=(v,a)$ be a finite simple directed graph. a function$f:vlongrightarrow {-1,0,1}$ is called a twin minus dominatingfunction (tmdf) if $f(n^-[v])ge 1$ and $f(n^+[v])ge 1$ for eachvertex $vin v$. the twin minus domination number of $d$ is$gamma_{-}^*(d)=min{w(f)mid f mbox{ is a tmdf of } d}$. inthis paper, we initiate the study of twin minus domination numbersin digraphs and present some lo...

In this article, we present a detailed study of the reach distance-layer structure De Bruijn and Kautz digraphs, apply our analysis to performance evaluation deflection routing in networks. Concerning structure, provide explicit polynomial expressions, terms degree digraph, for cardinalities some relevant sets structure. Regarding application defection routing, as consequence description formul...