The following fundamental result for the domination number γ(G) of a graph G was proved by Alon and Spencer, Arnautov, Lovász and Payan: γ(G) ≤ ln(δ + 1) + 1 δ + 1 n, where n is the order and δ is the minimum degree of vertices of G. A similar upper bound for the double domination number was found by Harant and Henning [On double domination in graphs. Discuss. Math. Graph Theory 25 (2005) 29–34...

Let γt(G) and γ2(G) be the total domination number and the 2domination number of a graph G, respectively. It has been shown that: γt(T ) ≤ γ2(T ) for any tree T . In this paper, we provide a constructive characterization of those trees with equal total domination number and 2-domination number.

We study the influence of edge subdivision on the convex domination number. We show that in general an edge subdivision can arbitrarily increase and arbitrarily decrease the convex domination number. We also find some bounds for unicyclic graphs and we investigate graphs G for which the convex domination number changes after subdivision of any edge in G.

A Roman dominating function (RDF) on a graph G = (V,E) is a function f : V → {0, 1, 2} 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. The weight of an RDF f is the value f(V (G)) = ∑ u∈V (G) f(u). A function f : V (G) → {0, 1, 2} with the ordered partition (V0, V1, V2) of V (G), where Vi = {v ∈ V (G) | f(v) = i} for i = 0...

An edge e ∈ E(G) dominates a vertex v ∈ V (G) if e is incident with v or e is incident with a vertex adjacent to v. An edge-vertex dominating set of a graph G is a set D of edges of G such that every vertex of G is edgevertex dominated by an edge of D. The edge-vertex domination number of a graph G is the minimum cardinality of an edge-vertex dominating set of G. A subset D ⊆ V (G) is a total d...

Let G be a graph without isolated vertices. The total domination number of G is the minimum number of vertices that can dominate all vertices in G, and the paired domination number of G is the minimum number of vertices in a dominating set whose induced subgraph contains a perfect matching. This paper determines the total domination number and the paired domination number of the toroidal meshes...

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...

Let G be a simple graph, and let p be a positive integer. A subset D ⊆ V (G) is a p-dominating set of the graph G, if every vertex v ∈ V (G)−D is adjacent with at least p vertices of D. The p-domination number γp(G) is the minimum cardinality among the p-dominating sets of G. Note that the 1-domination number γ1(G) is the usual domination number γ(G). If G is a nontrivial connected block graph,...

A set S of vertices in a graph G = (V,E) is a total dominating set of G if every vertex of V is adjacent to a vertex in S. The total domination number of G is the minimum cardinality of a total dominating set of G. The total domination subdivision number of G is the minimum number of edges that must be subdivided (where each edge in G can be subdivided at most once) in order to increase the tot...

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 double domination number of a graph G is the minimum cardinality of a double dominating set of G. For a graph G = (V,E), a subset D ⊆ V (G) is a 2dominating set if every vertex of V (...