In this paper we continue the study of paired-domination in graphs. A paired–dominating set, abbreviated PDS, of a graph G with no isolated vertex is a dominating set of vertices whose induced subgraph has a perfect matching. The paired-domination number of G, denoted by γp(G), is the minimum cardinality of a PDS of G. The upper paired–domination number of G, denoted by Γp(G), is the maximum ca...

Given a graph G = (V, E), the subdivision of an edge e = uv ∈ E(G) means the substitution of the edge e by a vertex x and the new edges ux and xv. The domination subdivision number of a graph G is the minimum number of edges of G which must be subdivided (where each edge can be subdivided at most once) in order to increase the domination number. Also, the domination multisubdivision number of G...

We introduce the concept of guarded subgraph of a graph, which as a condition lies between convex and 2-isometric subgraphs and is not comparable to isometric subgraphs. Some basic metric properties of guarded subgraphs are obtained, and then this concept is applied to the domination game. In this game two players, Dominator and Staller, alternate choosing vertices of a graph, one at a time, su...

The rainbow game domination subdivision number of a graph G is defined by the following game. Two players D and A, D playing first, alternately mark or subdivide an edge of G which is not yet marked nor subdivided. The game ends when all the edges of G are marked or subdivided and results in a new graph G′. The purpose of D is to minimize the 2-rainbow dominating number γr2(G ′) of G′ while A t...

The paired-domination was introduced by Haynes and Slater in 1995 as a model for assigning backups to guards for security proposes, and it was shown that the problem on general graphs is NP-complete. In 2003, Qiao et al gave a linear algorithm for obtaining the paired-domination numbers of trees based on the paired-domination numbers of paths. The advantage of taking paths into consideration is...

The domination game is played on an arbitrary graph $G$ by two players, Dominator and Staller. It is known that verifying whether the game domination number of a graph is bounded by a given integer $k$ is PSPACE-complete. On the other hand, it is showed in this paper that the problem can be solved for a graph $G$ in $mathcal O(Delta(G)cdot |V(G)|^k)$ time. In the special case when $k=3$ and the...

In this paper we present an overview of several techniques we have studied over the years to build game AI for domination games. Domination is a game style in which teams compete for control of map locations, and has been very popular over the years. Due to the rules of the games, good performance is mostly dependent on overall strategy rather than the skill of individual team members. Hence, t...

We introduce the domination search game which can be seen as a natural modiica-tion of the well-known node search game. Various results concerning the domination search number of a graph are presented. In particular, we establish a very interesting connection between domination graph searching and a relatively new graph parameter called dominating target number.