Given a clique-width expression of a graph G of clique-width k, we provide 2O(k) ·nO(1) time algorithms for connectivity constraints on locally checkable properties such as Connected Dominating Set, Connected Perfect Dominating Set or Node-Weighted Steiner Tree. We also propose an 2O(k) ·nO(1) time algorithm for Feedback Vertex Set. The best running times for all the considered cases were eithe...

A set of vertices $S$ in a connected graph $G$ is a different-distance set if, for any vertex $w$ outside $S$, no two vertices in $S$ have the same distance to $w$.The lower and upper different-distance number of a graph are the order of a smallest, respectively largest, maximal different-distance set.We prove that a different-distance set induces either a special type of path or an independent...

ABSTRACT Let ‎G=(V,E) ‎be a‎ ‎simple ‎connected ‎graph ‎with ‎vertex ‎set ‎V‎‎‎ ‎and ‎edge ‎set ‎‎‎E. ‎The Szeged index ‎of ‎‎G is defined by ‎ where ‎ respectively ‎ ‎ is the number of vertices of ‎G ‎closer to ‎u‎ (‎‎respectively v)‎ ‎‎than ‎‎‎v (‎‎respectively u‎).‎ ‎‎If ‎‎‎‎S ‎is a‎ ‎set ‎of ‎size‎ ‎ ‎ ‎let ‎‎V ‎be ‎the ‎set ‎of ‎all ‎subsets ‎of ‎‎S ‎of ‎size ‎3. ‎Then ‎we ‎define ‎t...

A set of vertices is a dominating set in a graph if every vertex not in the dominating set is adjacent to one or more vertices in the dominating set. A dominating clique is a dominating set that induces a complete subgraph. Forbidden subgraph conditions sufficient to imply the existence of a dominating clique are given. For certain classes of graphs, a polynomial algorithm is given for finding ...

Let G = (V,E) be a connected undirected graph. For any vertex v ∈ V , the closed neighborhood of v is N [v] = {v} ∪ {u ∈ V | uv ∈ E }. For S ⊆ V , the closed neighborhood of S is N [S] = ⋃ v∈S N [v]. The subgraph weakly induced by S is 〈S〉w = (N [S], E ∩ (S × N [S])). A set S is a weakly-connected dominating set of G if S is dominating and 〈S〉w is connected. The weakly-connected domination numb...

A subset S of V is called a total dominating set if every vertex in V is adjacent to some vertex in S. The total domination number γt (G) of G is the minimum cardinality taken over all total dominating sets of G. A dominating set is called a connected dominating set if the induced subgraph 〈S〉 is connected. The connected domination number γc(G) of G is the minimum cardinality taken over all min...

Constructing a connected dominating set as the virtual backbone plays an important role in wireless networks. In this paper, we propose two novel approximate algorithms for dominating set and connected dominating set in wireless networks, respectively. Both of the algorithms are based on edge dominating capability which is a novel notion proposed in this paper. Simulations show that each of pro...