A subset S of the vertices of a graph G is an outer-connected dominating set, if S is a dominating set of G and G − S is connected. The outer-connected domination number of G, denoted by γ̃c(G), is the minimum cardinality of an OCDS of G. In this paper we generalize the outer-connected domination in graphs. Many of the known results and bounds of outer-connected domination number are immediate c...

Let $D$ be a finite and simple digraph with vertex set $V(D)$. A weak signed Roman dominating function (WSRDF) on is $f:V(D)\rightarrow\{-1,1,2\}$ satisfying the condition that $\sum_{x\in N^-[v]}f(x)\ge 1$ for each $v\in V(D)$, where $N^-[v]$ consists of $v$ allvertices from which arcs go into $v$. The weight WSRDF $f$ $\sum_{v\in V(D)}f(v)$. domination number $\gamma_{wsR}(D)$ minimum $D$. In...

Let G be a graph with vertex set V (G). A function f : V (G) → {−1, 1} is a signed dominating function of G if, for each vertex of G, the sum of the values of its neighbors and itself is positive. The signed domination number of a graph G, denoted γs(G), is the minimum value of ∑ v∈V (G) f(v) over all the signed dominating functions f of G. The signed reinforcement number of G, denoted Rs(G), i...

In this paper, we study a generalization of the paired domination number. Let G= (V ,E) be a graph without an isolated vertex. A set D ⊆ V (G) is a k-distance paired dominating set of G if D is a k-distance dominating set of G and the induced subgraph 〈D〉 has a perfect matching. The k-distance paired domination number p(G) is the cardinality of a smallest k-distance paired dominating set of G. ...

We consider four different types of multiple domination and provide new improved upper bounds for the kand k-tuple domination numbers. They generalise two classical bounds for the domination number and are better than a number of known upper bounds for these two multiple domination parameters. Also, we explicitly present and systematize randomized algorithms for finding multiple dominating sets...

A k-dominating set is a set D k V such that every vertex i 2 V nD k has at least k i neighbours in D k. The k-domination number k (G) of G is the cardinality of a smallest k-dominating set of G. For k 1 = ::: = kn = 1, k-domination corresponds to the usual concept of domination. Our approach yields an improvement of an upper bound for the domination number found then the notion of k-dominating ...