We find the maximum number of edges for a graph of given order and value of parameter for several domination parameters. In particular, we consider the total domination and independent domination numbers.

A graph G with no isolated vertex is total domination vertex critical if for any vertex v of G that is not adjacent to a vertex of degree one, the total domination number of G− v is less than the total domination number of G. We call these graphs γt-critical. In this paper, we disprove a conjecture posed in a recent paper(On an open problem concerning total domination critical graphs, Expo. Mat...

The dual notions of domination and packing in finite simple graphs were first extensively explored by Meir and Moon in [15]. Most of the lower bounds for the domination number of a nontrivial Cartesian product involve the 2-packing, or closed neighborhood packing, number of the factors. In addition, the domination number of any graph is at least as large as its 2-packing number, and the invaria...

Let / be an integer-valued function defined on the vertex set V(G) of a graph G. A subset D of V(G) is an /-dominating set if each vertex x outside D is adjacent to at least f(x) vertices in D. The minimum number of vertices in an /-dominating set is denned to be the /-domination number, denoted by 7/(G). In a similar way one can define the connected and total /-domination numbers 7 C| /(G) and...

A set S V is a dominating set of a graph G = (V;E) if each vertex in V is either in S or is adjacent to a vertex in S. A vertex is said to dominate itself and all its neighbors. The domination number (G) is the minimum cardinality of a dominating set of G. A set S V is an independent set of vertices if no two vertices in S are adjacent. The independence number, B0 (G), is the maximum cardinalit...

Optimality Theory (OT) and Harmonic Grammar (HG) differ because the former assumes a model of constraint interaction based on strict domination, while the latter assumes a weighted model of interaction. As Prince and Smolensky (1997) admit, “that strict domination governs grammatical constraint interaction is not currently explained”. Yet, Legendre et al. (2006, 911-912) make two suggestions. T...