Characterizations of competition multigraphs

The notion of a competition multigraph was introduced by C. A. Anderson, K. F. Jones, J. R. Lundgren, and T. A. McKee C. A. Anderson, K. F. Jones, J. R. Lundgren, and T. A. McKee: Competition multigraphs and the multicompetition number, Ars Combinatoria 29B (1990) 185-192] as a generalization of the competition graphs of digraphs.In this note, we give a characterization of competition multigraphs of arbitrary digraphs and a characterization of competition multigraphs of loopless digraphs. Moreover, we characterize multigraphs whose multicompetition numbers are at most m, where m is a given nonnegative integer and give characterizations of competition multihypergraphs.