A set D of vertices in a graph G is a dominating set if every vertex of G, which is not in D, has a neighbor in D. A set of vertices D in G is convex (respectively, isometric), if all vertices in all shortest paths (respectively, all vertices in one of the shortest paths) between any two vertices in D lie in D. The problem of finding a minimum convex dominating (respectively, isometric dominati...

A total dominating set of a graph G = (V,E) is a subset D ⊆ V such that every vertex in V is adjacent to some vertex in D. Finding a total dominating set of minimum size is NPcomplete on planar graphs and W [2]-complete on general graphs when parameterized by the solution size. By the meta-theorem of Bodlaender et al. [FOCS 2009], it follows that there exists a linear kernel for Total Dominatin...

In this paper we consider 1-movable dominating sets, motivated by the use of sensors employed to detect certain events in networks, where the sensors have a limited ability to react under changing conditions in the network. A 1-movable dominating set is a dominating set S ⊆ V (G) such that for every v ∈ S, either S − {v} is a dominating set, or there exists a vertex u ∈ (V (G) − S) ∩ N(v) such ...

Routing based on a connected dominating set is a promising approach, where the search space for a route is reduced to the hosts in the set. A set is dominating if all the hosts in the system are either in the set or neighbors of hosts in the set. In this paper, we first review a distributed formation of a connected dominating set called marking process and dominating-set-based routing. Then we ...

For a graph G = (V, E), a set S ⊆ V (G) is a total dominating set if it is dominating and both 〈S〉 has no isolated vertices. The cardinality of a minimum total dominating set in G is the total domination number. A set S ⊆ V (G) is a total restrained dominating set if it is total dominating and 〈V (G) − S〉 has no isolated vertices. The cardinality of a minimum total restrained dominating set in ...

Wedesign fast exponential time algorithms for some intractable graph-theoretic problems. Ourmain result states that aminimum optional dominating set in a graph of order n can be found in time O∗(1.8899n). Ourmethods to obtain this result involvematching techniques. The list of the considered problems includes Minimum Maximal Matching, 3Colourability, Minimum Dominating Edge Set, Minimum Connect...

A vertex subset S in a graph G is a dominating set if every vertex not contained in S has a neighbor in S. A dominating set S is a connected dominating set if the subgraph G[S] induced by S is connected. A connected dominating set S is a minimal connected dominating set if no proper subset of S is also a connected dominating set. We prove that there exists a constant ǫ > 10 such that every grap...