弦图子类的全控制函数

本文首先证明了k-全控制问题和符号全控制问题在双弦图上均为NP-完全的.其次,在强消去序已给定的强弦图上,给出了求解符号全控制、负全控制、k-全控制和k-全控制问题的统一的O(m+n)时间算法.     

图的反符号边k-控制数

图的符号边控制数有着许多重要的应用背景.已知它的计算是NP-完全问题,因而确定其精确值有重要意义.本文给出了一般图的反符号边k-控制数的若干上界.     

关于k-消去二分图的一些结果

图 G的一个 k-正则支撑子图称为 G的 k-因子 ,若对 G的任一边 e,图 G- e总存在一个 k-因子 ,则称 G是 k-消去图 .证明了二分图 G=( X,Y) ,且 | X | =| Y|是 k-消去图的充分必要条件是 k| S|≤ r1 + 2 r2 +…+ k( rk+… + rΔ) - ε( S)对所有 S X成立 .并由此给出二分图是 k-消去图的充分度条件 .     

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.     

奇图的匹配可扩性

设G是一个图,n,k和d是三个非负整数,满足n+2k+d≤|V(G)|-2,|V(G)|和n+d有相同的奇偶性.如果删去G中任意n个点后所得的图有k-匹配,并且任一k-匹配都可以扩充为一个亏d-匹配,那么称G是一个(n,k,d)-图.Liu和Yu[1]首先引入了(n,k,d)-图的概念,并且给出了(n,k,d)-图的一个刻划和若干性质. (0,k,1)-图也称为几乎k-可扩图.在本文中,作者改进了(n,k,d)-图的刻划,并给出了几乎k-可扩图和几乎k-可扩二部图的刻划,进而研究了几乎k-可扩图与n-因子临界图之间的关系.     

3-正则图的分割问题是NP-完全问题

证明了3-正则图的最小平分问题和最小α-分割问题都是NP-完全问题.     

关于联图P_1VP_n的k-强优美性

本文研究了联图P_1VP_n的k-强优美性问题.利用K-强优美图的定义,获得了联图P_1VP_n是k-强优美图的必要条件,还得到了当n:2k-1时联图P_1VP_n是k-强优美图,亦是k-优美图,及当n≥3时联图P_1VP_n是2-强优美图,也是2-优美图的结果,推广了联图P_1VP_n是优美图的结果.     

3-连通3-正则图中的可序子集

图G的k元点集X={x1,x2,…,xk}被称为G的k-可序子集,如果X的任意排列都按序排在G的某个圈上.称G是k-可序图,如果G的每一个k元子集都是G的k-可序子集.称G为k-可序Hamilton图,如果X的任意排列都位于G的Hamilton圈上.研究了3-连通3-正则图的可序子集的存在性问题.     

一类完全多部图的色可选择性

如果一个图G的选择数等于它的色数,则称该图G是色可选择的．在2002年, Ohba给出如下猜想:每一个顶点个数小于等于2X(G) 1的图G是色可选择的．容易发现Ohba猜想成立的条件是当且仅当它对完全多部图成立,但是目前只是就某些特殊的完全多部图的图类证明了Ohba猜想的正确性．在本文我们证明图K6,3,2*(k-6),1*4(k≥6)是色可选择的,从而对图K6,3,2*(k-6),1*4(k≥6)和它们的所有完全k-部子图证明了Ohba猜想成立．     

图的全控制数和匹配数的可比较性

设tγ(G)为G的全控制数.证明了:(1)对广义θ-图G,tγ(G)≤α(G) 1;(2)对任意k-正则无爪图G,k≥3,有tγ(G)≤α(G).这里α(G)表示G的匹配数.作为结果(2)的推论,对k-正则无爪图(k≥3),证明了Favaron猜想是成立的.即对最小度不小于3的简单图,有tγ(G)≤12 V(G).此外,举例说明了当图的最小度不超过2时,对一般图而言,匹配数与全控制数不可比较.     

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.     

Hard coloring problems in low degree planar bipartite graphs

In this paper we prove that the PRECOLORING EXTENSION problem on graphs of maximum degree 3 is polynomially solvable, but even its restricted version with 3 colors is NP-complete on planar bipartite graphs of maximum degree 4.The restricted version of LIST COLORING, in which the union of all lists consists of 3 colors, is shown to be NP-complete on planar 3-regular bipartite graphs.     

Improved bottleneck domination algorithms

W.C.K. Yen introduced BOTTLENECK DOMINATION and BOTTLENECK INDEPENDENT DOMINATION. He presented an -time algorithm to compute a minimum bottleneck dominating set. He also obtained that the BOTTLENECK INDEPENDENT DOMINATING SET problem is NP-complete, even when restricted to planar graphs.We present simple linear time algorithms for the BOTTLENECK DOMINATING SET and the BOTTLENECK TOTAL DOMINATING SET problem. Furthermore, we give polynomial time algorithms (most of them with linear time-complexities) for the BOTTLENECK INDEPENDENT DOMINATING SET problem on the following graph classes: AT-free graphs, chordal graphs, split graphs, permutation graphs, graphs of bounded treewidth, and graphs of clique-width at most k with a given k-expression.     

Connected matchings in chordal bipartite graphs

A connected matching in a graph is a collection of edges that are pairwise disjoint but joined by another edge of the graph. Motivated by applications to Hadwiger’s conjecture, Plummer, Stiebitz, and Toft (2003) introduced connected matchings and proved that, given a positive integer $k$, determining whether a graph has a connected matching of size at least $k$ is NP-complete. Cameron (2003) proved that this problem remains NP-complete on bipartite graphs, but can be solved in polynomial-time on chordal graphs. We present a polynomial-time algorithm that finds a maximum connected matching in a chordal bipartite graph. This includes a novel edge-without-vertex-elimination ordering of independent interest. We give several applications of the algorithm, including computing the Hadwiger number of a chordal bipartite graph, solving the unit-time bipartite margin-shop scheduling problem in the case in which the bipartite complement of the precedence graph is chordal bipartite, and determining–in a totally balanced binary matrix–the largest size of a square sub-matrix that is permutation equivalent to a matrix with all zero entries above the main diagonal.     

Total domination in planar graphs of diameter two

MacGillivary and Seyffarth [G. MacGillivray, K. Seyffarth, Domination numbers of planar graphs, J. Graph Theory 22 (1996) 213–229] proved that planar graphs of diameter two have domination number at most three. Goddard and Henning [W. Goddard, M.A. Henning, Domination in planar graphs with small diameter, J. Graph Theory 40 (2002) 1–25] showed that there is a unique planar graph of diameter two with domination number three. It follows that the total domination number of a planar graph of diameter two is at most three. In this paper, we consider the problem of characterizing planar graphs with diameter two and total domination number three. We say that a graph satisfies the domination-cycle property if there is some minimum dominating set of the graph not contained in any induced 5-cycle. We characterize the planar graphs with diameter two and total domination number three that satisfy the domination-cycle property and show that there are exactly thirty-four such planar graphs.     

Chordal bipartite completion of colored graphs

Golumbic, Kaplan, and Shamir [Graph sandwich problems, J. Algorithms 19 (1995) 449-473], in their paper on graph sandwich problems published in 1995, left the status of the sandwich problems for strongly chordal graphs and chordal bipartite graphs open. It was recently shown [C.M.H. de Figueiredo, L. Faria, S. Klein, R. Sritharan, On the complexity of the sandwich problems for strongly chordal graphs and chordal bipartite graphs, Theoret. Comput. Sci., accepted for publication] that the sandwich problem for strongly chordal graphs is NP-complete. We show that given graph G with a proper vertex coloring c, determining whether there is a supergraph of G that is chordal bipartite and also is properly colored by c is NP-complete. This implies that the sandwich problem for chordal bipartite graphs is also NP-complete.     

On the 2-rainbow domination in graphs

The concept of 2-rainbow domination of a graph G coincides with the ordinary domination of the prism G□K₂. In this paper, we show that the problem of deciding if a graph has a 2-rainbow dominating function of a given weight is NP-complete even when restricted to bipartite graphs or chordal graphs. Exact values of 2-rainbow domination numbers of several classes of graphs are found, and it is shown that for the generalized Petersen graphs GP(n,k) this number is between ⌈4n/5⌉ and n with both bounds being sharp.     

Fair reception and Vizing's conjecture

In this paper we introduce the concept of fair reception of a graph which is related to its domination number. We prove that all graphs G with a fair reception of size γ(G) satisfy Vizing's conjecture on the domination number of Cartesian product graphs, by which we extend the well‐known result of Barcalkin and German concerning decomposable graphs. Combining our concept with a result of Aharoni, Berger and Ziv, we obtain an alternative proof of the theorem of Aharoni and Szabó that chordal graphs satisfy Vizing's conjecture. A new infinite family of graphs that satisfy Vizing's conjecture is also presented. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Graph Theory 61: 45‐54, 2009