This paper contains a number of estimations of the split domination number and the maximal domination number of a graph with a deleted subset of edges which induces a complete subgraph Kp. We discuss noncomplete graphs having or not having hanging vertices. In particular, for p = 2 the edge deleted graphs are considered. The motivation of these problems comes from [2] and [6], where the authors...

a roman dominating function (rdf) on a graph g = (v,e) is defined to be a function satisfying the condition that every vertex u for which f(u) = 0 is adjacent to at least one vertex v for which f(v) = 2. a set s v is a restrained dominating set if every vertex not in s is adjacent to a vertex in s and to a vertex in . we define a restrained roman dominating function on a graph g = (v,e) to be ...

Domination is a rapidly developing area of research in graph theory, and its various applications to ad hoc networks, distributed computing, social networks and web graphs partly explain the increased interest. This thesis focuses on domination theory, and the main aim of the study is to apply a probabilistic approach to obtain new upper bounds for various domination parameters. Chapters 2 and ...

An important technique in large cardinal set theory is that of extending an elementary embedding j : M → N between inner models to an elementary embedding j∗ : M [G] → N [G∗] between generic extensions of them. This technique is crucial both in the study of large cardinal preservation and of internal consistency. In easy cases, such as when forcing to make the GCH hold, the generic G∗ is simply...

The open neighborhood of a vertex $v$ of a graph $G$ is the set $N(v)$ consisting of all vertices adjacent to $v$ in $G$. For $Dsubseteq V(G)$, we define $overline{D}=V(G)setminus D$. A set $Dsubseteq V(G)$ is called a super dominating set of $G$ if for every vertex $uin overline{D}$, there exists $vin D$ such that $N(v)cap overline{D}={u}$. The super domination number of $G$ is the minimum car...

A set D ⊆ V (G) of a graph G = (V,E) is a liar’s dominating set if (1) for all v ∈ V (G) |N [v] ∩ D| ≥ 2 and (2) for every pair u, v ∈ V (G) of distinct vertices, |N [u] ∪ N [v] ∩ D| ≥ 3. In this paper, we consider the liar’s domination number of some middle graphs. Every triple dominating set is a liar’s dominating set and every liar’s dominating set must be a double dominating set. So, the li...

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...

We prove that for every tree T of order at least 2 and every minimum dominating set D of T which contains at most one endvertex of T , there is an independent dominating set I of T which is disjoint from D. This confirms a recent conjecture of Johnson, Prier, and Walsh.

A recent result of Henning and Southey (A note on graphs with disjoint dominating and total dominating set, Ars Comb. 89 (2008), 159–162) implies that every connected graph of minimum degree at least three has a dominating set D and a total dominating set T which are disjoint. We show that the Petersen graph is the only such graph for which D ∪ T necessarily contains all vertices of the graph.

In a wireless network, messages need to be sent on in an optimized way to preserve the energy of the network. A minimum connected dominating set (MCDS) offers an optimized way of sending messages. However, MCDS construction is a NP-Hard problem. In this paper, we propose a new degree-based greedy approximation algorithm named as Connected Pseudo Dominating Set Using 2 Hop Information (CPDS2HI),...