On Trees with Double Domination Number Equal to the 2-Outer-Independent Domination Number Plus One

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 2-dominating set 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 is independent.The 2-outer-independent domination number of G is the minimum cardinality of a 2-outer-independent dominating set of G.This paper characterizes all trees with the double domination number equal to the 2-outer-independent domination number plus one.     

On the Ratio Between 2-Domination and Total Outer-Independent Domination Numbers of Trees

A 2-dominating set of a graph G is a set D of vertices of G such that every vertex of V(G)\D has at least two neighbors in D.A total outer-independent 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,and the set V(G)\D is independent.The 2-domination(total outer-independent domination,respectively)number of a graph G is the minimum cardinality of a 2-dominating(total outer-independent dominating,respectively)set of G.We investigate the ratio between2-domination and total outer-independent domination numbers of trees.     

A conjecture on k-factor-critical and 3-γ-critical graphs

For a graph G =(V,E),a subset VS is a dominating set if every vertex in V is either in S or is adjacent to a vertex in S.The domination number γ(G) of G is the minimum order of a dominating set in G.A graph G is said to be domination vertex critical,if γ(G-v) γ(G) for any vertex v in G.A graph G is domination edge critical,if γ(G ∪ e) γ(G) for any edge e ∈/E(G).We call a graph G k-γ-vertex-critical(resp.k-γ-edge-critical) if it is domination vertex critical(resp.domination edge critical) and γ(G) = k.Ananchuen and Plummer posed the conjecture:Let G be a k-connected graph with the minimum degree at least k+1,where k 2 and k≡|V|(mod 2).If G is 3-γ-edge-critical and claw-free,then G is k-factor-critical.In this paper we present a proof to this conjecture,and we also discuss the properties such as connectivity and bicriticality in 3-γ-vertex-critical claw-free graph.     

符号混合控制问题的某些NP-完全性结果

Let G =(V, E) be a simple graph with vertex set V and edge set E. A signed mixed dominating function of G is a function f:V∪E→ {-1, 1} such that ∑_(y∈N_m(x)∪{x})f(y)≥ 1for every element x∈V∪E, where N_m(x) is the set of elements of V∪E adjacent or incident to x. The weight of f is w(f) =∑_(x∈V∪E)f(x). The signed mixed domination problem is to find a minimum-weight signed mixed dominating function of a graph. In this paper we study the computational complexity of signed mixed domination problem. We prove that the signed mixed domination problem is NP-complete for bipartite graphs, chordal graphs, even for planar bipartite graphs.     

The product of the restrained domination numbers of a graph and its complement

Let G=(V,E) be a graph.A set S■V is a restrained dominating set if every vertex in V-S is adjacent to a vertex in S and to a vertex in V-S.The restrained domination number of G,denoted γr(G),is the smallest cardinality of a restrained dominating set of G.In this paper,we show that if G is a graph of order n≥4,then γr(G)γr(G)≤2n.We also characterize the graphs achieving the upper bound.     

An iterative rounding 2-approximation algorithm for the k-partial vertex cover problem

We study a generalization of the vertex cover problem. For a given graph with weights on the vertices and an integer k, we aim to find a subset of the vertices with minimum total weight, so that at least k edges in the graph are covered. The problem is called the k-partial vertex cover problem. There are some 2-approximation algorithms for the problem. In the paper we do not improve on the approximation ratios of the previous algorithms, but we derive an iterative rounding algorithm. We present our technique in two algorithms. The first is an iterative rounding algorithm and gives a （2 ＋ Q/OPT ）-approximation for the k-partial vertex cover problem where Q is the largest finite weight in the problem definition and OPT is the optimal value for the instance. The second algorithm uses the first as a subroutine and achieves an approximation ratio of 2.     

A Linear Time Algorithm for the Minimum-weight Feedback Vertex Set Problem in Series-parallel Graphs

A feedback vertex set is a subset of vertices in a graph, whose deletion from the graph makes the resulting graph acyclic. In this paper, we study the minimum-weight feedback vertex set problem in seriesparallel graphs and present a linear-time exact algorithm to solve it.     

Constructive characterizations of (γp,γ)- and (γp,γpr)-trees

Let G = (V,E) be a graph without isolated vertices.A set S V is a domination set of G if every vertex in V - S is adjacent to a vertex in S,that is N[S] = V.The domination number of G,denoted by γ(G),is the minimum cardinality of a domination set of G.A set S C V is a paired-domination set of G if S is a domination set of G and the induced subgraph G[S] has a perfect matching.The paired-domination number,denoted by γpr(G),is defined to be the minimum cardinality of a paired-domination set S in G.A subset S V is a power domination set of G if all vertices of V can be observed recursively by the following rules: (i) all vertices in N[S] are observed initially,and (ii) if an observed vertex u has all neighbors observed except one neighbor v,then v is observed (by u).The power domination number,denoted by γp(G),is the minimum cardinality of a power domination set of G.In this paper,the constructive characterizations for trees with γp = γ and γpr = γp are provided respectively.     

Constructive characterizations of （γp, γ）- and （γp, γpr）-trees

Let G =(V,E) be a graph without isolated vertices.A set S  V is a domination set of G if every vertex in V -S is adjacent to a vertex in S,that is N[S] = V .The domination number of G,denoted by γ(G),is the minimum cardinality of a domination set of G.A set S  V is a paired-domination set of G if S is a domination set of G and the induced subgraph G[S]has a perfect matching.The paired-domination number,denoted by γpr(G),is defined to be the minimum cardinality of a paired-domination set S in G.A subset S  V is a power domination set of G if all vertices of V can be observed recursively by the following rules:(i) all vertices in N[S] are observed initially,and(ii) if an observed vertex u has all neighbors observed except one neighbor v,then v is observed(by u).The power domination number,denoted by γp(G),is the minimum cardinality of a power domination set of G.In this paper,the constructive characterizations for trees with γp = γ and γpr = γp are provided respectively.     

Domination number in graphs with minimum degree two

A set D of vertices of a graph G = （V, E） is called a dominating set if every vertex of V not in D is adjacent to a vertex of D. In 1996, Reed proved that every graph of order n with minimum degree at least 3 has a dominating set of cardinality at most 3n/8. In this paper we generalize Reed＇s result. We show that every graph G of order n with minimum degree at least 2 has a dominating set of cardinality at most （3n ＋IV21）/8, where V2 denotes the set of vertices of degree 2 in G. As an application of the above result, we show that for k ≥ 1, the k-restricted domination number rk （G, γ） ≤ （3n＋5k）/8 for all graphs of order n with minimum degree at least 3.     

Vertex covers and eternal dominating sets

The eternal domination problem requires a graph to be protected against an infinitely long sequence of attacks on vertices by guards located at vertices, the configuration of guards inducing a dominating set at all times. An attack at a vertex with no guard is defended by sending a guard from a neighboring vertex to the attacked vertex. We allow any number of guards to move to neighboring vertices at the same time in response to an attack. We compare the eternal domination number with the vertex cover number of a graph. One of our main results is that the eternal domination number is less than the vertex cover number of any graph of minimum degree at least two having girth at least nine.     

Optimal broadcast domination in polynomial time

Broadcast domination was introduced by Erwin in 2002, and it is a variant of the standard dominating set problem, such that different vertices can be assigned different domination powers. Broadcast domination assigns an integer power f(v)?0 to each vertex v of a given graph, such that every vertex of the graph is within distance f(v) from some vertex v having f(v)?1. The optimal broadcast domination problem seeks to minimize the sum of the powers assigned to the vertices of the graph. Since the presentation of this problem its computational complexity has been open, and the general belief has been that it might be NP-hard. In this paper, we show that optimal broadcast domination is actually in P, and we give a polynomial time algorithm for solving the problem on arbitrary graphs, using a non-standard approach.     

Total domination changing and stable graphs upon vertex removal

A set S of vertices in a graph G is a total dominating set if every vertex of G is adjacent to some vertex in S. The minimum cardinality of a total dominating set of G is the total domination number of G. A graph is total domination vertex removal stable if the removal of an arbitrary vertex leaves the total domination number unchanged. On the other hand, a graph is total domination vertex removal changing if the removal of an arbitrary vertex changes the total domination number. In this paper, we study total domination vertex removal changing and stable graphs.     

Foolproof eternal domination in the all-guards move model

The eternal domination problem requires a graph be protected against an infinitely long sequence of attacks at vertices, by guards located at vertices, with the requirement that the configuration of guards induces a dominating set at all times. An attack is defended by sending a guard from a neighboring vertex to the attacked vertex. We allow all guards to move to neighboring vertices in response to an attack, but allow the attacked vertex to choose which neighboring guard moves to the attacked vertex. This is the all-guards move version of the ??foolproof?? eternal domination problem that has been previously studied. We present some results and conjectures on this problem.     

A note on the eternal dominating set problem

We consider the “all guards move” model for the eternal dominating set problem. A set of guards form a dominating set on a graph and at the beginning of each round, a vertex not in the dominating set is attacked. To defend against the attack, the guards move (each guard either passes or moves to a neighboring vertex) to form a dominating set that includes the attacked vertex. The minimum number of guards required to defend against any sequence of attacks is the “eternal domination number” of the graph. In 2005, it was conjectured [Goddard et al. (J. Combin. Math. Combin. Comput. 52:169–180, 2005)] there would be no advantage to allow multiple guards to occupy the same vertex during a round. We show this is, in fact, false. We also describe algorithms to determine the eternal domination number for both models for eternal domination and examine the related combinatorial game, which makes use of the reduced canonical form of games.     

无向路图和块图上的混合控制

图G=(V,E)的一个混合控制集是一个满足如下条件的集合DV∪E:不在D中的每个点或每条边都相邻或关联于D中的至少一个点或一条边.确定图的最小基数的混合控制集的问题称为混合控制问题.本文研究混合控制问题的算法复杂性,证明了混合控制问题在无向路图上是NP-完全的,但在块图上有线性时间算法.无向路图和块图都是弦图的子类,又是树的母类.     

Weighted domination of cocomparability graphs

It is shown in this paper that the weighted domination problem and its three variants, the weighted connected domination, total domination, and dominating clique problems are NP-complete on cobipartite graphs when arbitrary integer vertex weights are allowed and all of them can be solved in polynomial time on cocomparability graphs if vertex weights are integers and less than or equal to a constant c. The results are interesting because cocomparability graphs properly contain cobipartite graphs and the cardinality cases of the above problems are trivial on cobipartite graphs. On the other hand, an O(¦V¦²) algorithm is given for the weighted independent perfect domination problem of a cocomparability graph G = (V.E).     

Graphs with equal eternal vertex cover and eternal domination numbers

Mobile guards on the vertices of a graph are used to defend it against an infinite sequence of attacks on either its vertices or its edges. If attacks occur at vertices, this is known at the eternal domination problem. If attacks occur at edges, this is known as the eternal vertex cover problem. We focus on the model in which all guards can move to neighboring vertices in response to an attack. Motivated by the question of which graphs have equal eternal vertex cover and eternal domination numbers, a number of results are presented; one of the main results of the paper is that the eternal vertex cover number is greater than the eternal domination number (in the all-guards move model) in all graphs of minimum degree at least two.     

Total restrained bondage in graphs

A subset S of vertices of a graph G with no isolated vertex is a total restrained dominating set if every vertex is adjacent to a vertex in S and every vertex in V (G) S is also adjacent to a vertex in V (G) S. The total restrained domination number of G is the minimum cardinality of a total restrained dominating set of G. In this paper we initiate the study of total restrained bondage in graphs. The total restrained bondage number in a graph G with no isolated vertex, is the minimum cardinality of a subset of edges E such that G E has no isolated vertex and the total restrained domination number of G E is greater than the total restrained domination number of G. We obtain several properties, exact values and bounds for the total restrained bondage number of a graph.     

The Twin Domination Numb er of Strong Pro duct of Digraphs

Let γ*(D) denote the twin domination number of digraph D and let D_1  D_2 denote the strong product of D_1 and D_2. In this paper, we obtain that the twin domination number of strong product of two directed cycles of length at least 2.Furthermore, we give a lower bound of the twin domination number of strong product of two digraphs, and prove that the twin domination number of strong product of the complete digraph and any digraph D equals the twin domination number of D.