Let D = (V,A) be a finite simple directed graph (shortly digraph) in which dD(v) ≥ 1 for all v ∈ V . A function f : V −→ {−1, 1} is called a signed total dominating function if ∑ u∈N−(v) f(u) ≥ 1 for each vertex v ∈ V . A set {f1, f2, . . . , fd} of signed total dominating functions on D with the property that ∑d i=1 fi(v) ≤ 1 for each v ∈ V (D), is called a signed total dominating family (of f...

Let k be a positive integer, and let G be a simple graph with vertex set V (G). A k-distance Roman dominating function on G is a labeling f : V (G) → {0, 1, 2} such that every vertex with label 0 has a vertex with label 2 within distance k from each other. A set {f1, f2, . . . , fd} of k-distance Roman dominating functions on G with the property that ∑d i=1 fi(v) ≤ 2 for each v ∈ V (G), is call...

we define minimal cn-dominating graph $mathbf {mcn}(g)$, commonality minimal cn-dominating graph $mathbf {cmcn}(g)$ and vertex minimal cn-dominating graph $mathbf {m_{v}cn}(g)$, characterizations are given for graph $g$ for which the newly defined graphs are connected. further serval new results are developed relating to these graphs.

We make an attempt to understand the dominating set counting problem in graph classes from the viewpoint of polynomial-time computability. We give polynomial-time algorithms to count the number of dominating sets (and minimum dominating sets) in interval graphs and trapezoid graphs. They are based on dynamic programming. With the help of dynamic update on a binary tree, we further reduce the ti...

For a graph G = (V,E), a subset D ⊆ V (G) is a total dominating set if every vertex of G has a neighbor in D. The total domination number of G is the minimum cardinality of a total dominating set of G. A subset D ⊆ V (G) is a 2-dominating set of G if every vertex of V (G) \ D has at least two neighbors in D, while it is a 2-outer-independent dominating set of G if additionally the set V (G) \ D...

The concept of induced paired domination number of a graph was introduced by D.S.Studer, T.W. Haynes and L.M. Lawson11, with the following application in mind. In the guard application an induced paired dominating set represents a configuration of security guards in which each guard is assigned one other as a designated backup with in (as in a paired dominating set), but to avoid conflicts (suc...

A total dominating set of a graph G is a set D of vertices of G such that every vertex of G has a neighbor in D. A vertex of a graph is said to dominate itself and all of its neighbors. A double dominating set of a graph G is a set D of vertices of G such that every vertex of G is dominated by at least two vertices of D. The total (double, respectively) domination number of a graph G is the min...

A set S ⊆ V is a global dominating set of a graph G = (V,E) if S is a dominating set of G and G, where G is the complement graph of G. The global domination number γg(G) equals the minimum cardinality of a global dominating set of G. The square graph G of a graph G is the graph with vertex set V and two vertices are adjacent in G if they are joined in G by a path of length one or two. In this p...

for a graph $g$ let $gamma (g)$ be its domination number. we define a graph g to be (i) a hypo-efficient domination graph (or a hypo-$mathcal{ed}$ graph) if $g$ has no efficient dominating set (eds) but every graph formed by removing a single vertex from $g$ has at least one eds, and (ii) a hypo-unique domination graph (a hypo-$mathcal{ud}$ graph) if $g$ has at least two minimum dominating sets...

Our aim here is to address the problem of decomposing a whole network into a minimal number of ego–centered subnetworks. For this purpose, the network egos are picked out as the members of a minimum dominating set of the network. However, to find such an efficient dominating ego–centered construction, we need to be able to detect all the minimum dominating sets and to compare all the correspond...