Let G be a finite and simple graph with vertex set V (G), and let f: V (G)→ {−1, 1} be a two-valued function. If k > 1 is an integer and ∑ x∈N[v] f(x) > k for each v ∈ V (G), where N [v] is the closed neighborhood of v, then f is a signed k-dominating function on G. A set {f1, f2, . . . , fd} of signed kdominating functions on G with the property that ∑ d i=1 fi(x) 6 k for each x ∈ V (G), is ca...

The domatic number of a graph G, denoted dom(G), is the maximum possible cardinality of a family of disjoint sets of vertices of G, each set being a dominating set of G. It is well known that every graph without isolated vertices has dom(G) ≥ 2. For every k, it is known that there are graphs with minimum degree at least k and with dom(G) = 2. In this paper we prove that this is not the case if ...

Let D be a finite and simple digraph with vertex set V (D), and let f : V (D)→ {−1,1} be a two-valued function. If k ≥ 1 is an integer and ∑x∈N−[v] f (x) ≥ k for each v∈V (D), where N−[v] consists of v and all vertices of D from which arcs go into v, then f is a signed k-dominating function on D. A set { f1, f2, . . . , fd} of distinct signed k-dominating functions of D with the property that ∑...

We investigate the theoretical feasibility of near-optimal, distributed sleep scheduling in energyconstrained sensor networks with pairwise sensor redundancy. In this setting, an optimal sleep schedule is equivalent to an optimal fractional domatic partition of the associated redundancy graph. We present a set of realistic assumptions on the structure of the communication and redundancy relatio...

Let D be a simple digraph with vertex set V (D), and let f : V (D) → {−1, 1} be a two-valued function. If k ≥ 1 is an integer and ∑x∈N−[v] f(x) ≥ k for each v ∈ V (D), where N[v] consists of v and all vertices of D from which arcs go into v, then f is a signed k-dominating function on D. A set {f1, f2, . . . , fd} of distinct signed k-dominating functions on D with the property that ∑d i=1 fi(x...

Let k ≥ 1 be an integer. A signed Roman k-dominating function on a digraph D is a function f : V (D) −→ {−1, 1, 2} such that ∑x∈N−[v] f(x) ≥ k for every v ∈ V (D), where N−[v] consists of v and all in-neighbors of v, and every vertex u ∈ V (D) for which f(u) = −1 has an in-neighbor w for which f(w) = 2. A set {f1, f2, . . . , fd} of distinct signed Roman k-dominating functions on D with the pro...

Let D be a finite and simple digraph with vertex set V (D), and let f : V (D) → {−1, 1} be a two-valued function. If k ≥ 1 is an integer and ∑ x∈N−[v] f(x) ≥ k for each v ∈ V (D), where N−[v] consists of v and all vertices of D from which arcs go into v, then f is a signed k-dominating function on D. A set {f1, f2, . . . , fd} of distinct signed k-dominating functions of D with the property tha...

Wireless sensor networks propound an algorithmic research problems for prolonging life of nodes and network. The domination algorithms can address some of fundamental issues related to lifetime problems in ad hoc and sensor networks. Most of the graph domination problems are NP-complete even with unit-disk-graphs. The investigation of the thesis addresses some of lifetime issues in sensor netwo...

The following fundamental result for the domination number γ(G) of a graph G was proved by Alon and Spencer, Arnautov, Lovász and Payan: γ(G) ≤ ln(δ + 1) + 1 δ + 1 n, where n is the order and δ is the minimum degree of vertices of G. A similar upper bound for the double domination number was found by Harant and Henning [On double domination in graphs. Discuss. Math. Graph Theory 25 (2005) 29–34...