For a simple graph G, the independent domination number i(G) is defined to be the minimum cardinality among all maximal independent sets of vertices of G. We establish upper bounds for the independent domination number of K1,k+1-free graphs, as functions of the order, size and k. Also we present a lower bound for the size of connected graphs with given order and value of independent domination ...

In this paper, sharp upper bounds for the domination number, total domination number and connected domination number for the Cayley graph G = Cay(D2n, Ω) constructed on the finite dihedral group D2n, and a specified generating set Ω of D2n. Further efficient dominating sets in G = Cay(D2n, Ω) are also obtained. More specifically, it is proved that some of the proper subgroups of D2n are efficie...

Given a configuration of pebbles on the vertices of a connected graph G, a pebbling move is defined as the removal of two pebbles from some vertex, and the placement of one of these on an adjacent vertex. We introduce the notion of domination cover pebbling, obtained by combining graph cover pebbling ([2]) with the theory of domination in graphs ([3]). The domination cover pebbling number, ψ(G)...

A set S of vertices in a graph G is a connected dominating set if every vertex not in S is adjacent to some vertex in S and the subgraph induced by S is connected. The connected domination number γc(G) is the minimum size of such a set. Let δ(G) = min{δ(G), δ(G)}, where G is the complement of G and δ(G) is the minimum vertex degree. We prove that when G and G are both connected, γc(G) + γc(G) ≤...

In this paper, we continue the study of power domination in graphs (see SIAM J. Discrete Math. 15 (2002), 519–529; SIAM J. Discrete Math. 22 (2008), 554–567; SIAM J. Discrete Math. 23 (2009), 1382–1399). Power domination in graphs was birthed from the problem of monitoring an electric power system by placing as few measurement devices in the system as possible. A set of vertices is defined to b...

Let G (V, E) be a graph. A subset S of V is called a dominating set of G if every vertex in V-S is adjacent to at least one vertex in S. The domination number γ (G) is the minimum cardinality taken over all such dominating sets in G. A subset S of V is said to be a complementary connected dominating set (ccd-set) if S is a dominating set and < V-S > is connected. The chromatic number χ is the m...

A graph G is 3-domination-critical (3-critical, for short), if its domination number γ is 3 and the addition of any edge decreases γ by 1. In this paper, we show that every 3-critical graph with independence number 4 and minimum degree 3 is Hamilton-connected. Combining the result with those in [2], [4] and [5], we solve the following conjecture: a connected 3critical graph G is Hamilton-connec...

a subset $s$ of vertices in a graph $g$ is called a geodetic set if every vertex not in $s$ lies on a shortest path between two vertices from $s$‎. ‎a subset $d$ of vertices in $g$ is called dominating set if every vertex not in $d$ has at least one neighbor in $d$‎. ‎a geodetic dominating set $s$ is both a geodetic and a dominating set‎. ‎the geodetic (domination‎, ‎geodetic domination) number...

A dominating set D of G is called a split dominating set of G if the subgraph induced by the subset V (G) − D is disconnected. The cardinality of a minimum split dominating set is called the minimum split domination number of G. Such subset and such number was introduced in [4]. In [2], [3] the authors estimated the domination number of products of graphs. More precisely, they were study produc...