To each computable enumerable (c.e.) set A with a particular enumeration {As}s∈ω, there is associated a settling function mA(x), where mA(x) is the last stage when a number less than or equal to x was enumerated into A. One c.e. set A is settling time dominated by another set B (B >st A) if for every computable function f , for all but finitely many x, mB(x) > f(mA(x)). This settling-time order...

For any graph G and a set ~ of graphs, two distinct vertices of G are said to be ~-adjacent if they are contained in a subgraph of G which is isomorphic to a member of ~. A set S of vertices of G is an ~-dominating set (total ~¢~-dominating set) of G if every vertex in V(G)-S (V(G), respectively) is 9¢g-adjacent to a vertex in S. An ~-dominating set of G in which no two vertices are oCf-adjacen...

The definitions of four previously studied parameters related to total coverings and total matchings of graphs can be restricted, thereby obtaining eight parameters related to covering and independence, each of which has been studied previously in some form. Here we survey briefly results concerning total coverings and total matchings of graphs, and consider the aforementioned twelve covering a...

The local tree-width of a graph G = (V;E) is the function ltwG : N ! N that associates with every r 2 N the maximal tree-width of an r-neighborhood in G. Our main graph theoretic result is a decomposition theorem for graphs with excluded minors, which says that such graphs can be decomposed into trees of graphs of almost bounded local tree-width. As an application of this theorem, we show that ...

We study two new versions of independent and dominating set problems on vertex-colored interval graphs, namely $f$-Balanced Independent Set ($f$-BIS) Dominating ($f$-BDS). Let $G=(V,E)$ be a graph with color assignment function $\gamma \colon V \rightarrow \{1,\ldots,k\}$ that maps all vertices in $G$ onto $k$ colors. A subset $S\subseteq V$ is called $f$-balanced if $S$ contains $f$ from each ...