We study partial and budgeted versions of the well studied connected dominating set problem. In the partial connected dominating set problem (Pcds), we are given an undirected graph G = (V,E) and an integer n′, and the goal is to find a minimum subset of vertices that induces a connected subgraph of G and dominates at least n′ vertices. We obtain the first polynomial time algorithm with an O(ln...

Let G = (V, E) be a simple graph on vertex set V and define a function f : V → {−1, 1}. The function f is a signed dominating function if for every vertex x ∈ V , the closed neighborhood of x contains more vertices with function value 1 than with −1. The signed domination number of G, γs(G), is the minimum weight of a signed dominating function on G. Let G denote the complement of G. In this pa...

In this paper, we study both concepts of geodetic dominatingand edge geodetic dominating sets and derive some tight upper bounds onthe edge geodetic and the edge geodetic domination numbers. We also obtainattainable upper bounds on the maximum number of elements in a partitionof a vertex set of a connected graph into geodetic sets, edge geodetic sets,geodetic domin...

A k-rainbow dominating function of a graph G is a map f from V (G) to the set of all subsets of {1, 2, . . . , k} such that {1, . . . , k} = ⋃ u∈N(v) f(u) whenever v is a vertex with f(v) = ∅. The k-rainbow domination number of G is the invariant γrk(G), which is the minimum sum (over all the vertices of G) of the cardinalities of the subsets assigned by a k-rainbow dominating function. We focu...

A double Roman dominating function of a graph $G$ is $f:V(G)\rightarrow \{0,1,2,3\}$ having the property that for each vertex $v$ with $f(v)=0$, there exists $u\in N(v)$ $f(u)=3$, or are $u,w\in $f(u)=f(w)=2$, and if $f(v)=1$, then adjacent to assigned at least $2$ under $f$. The domination number $\gamma_{dR}(G)$ minimum weight $f(V(G))=\sum_{v\in V(G)}f(v)$ among all functions $G$. An outer i...

Let G = (V, E) be a graph. A function f : V → {−1,+1} defined on the vertices of G is a signed total dominating function if the sum of its function values over any open neighborhood is at least one. The signed total domination number of G, γ t (G), is the minimum weight of a signed total dominating function of G. In this paper, we study the signed total domination number of generalized Petersen...

Abstract. Let G = (V,E) be a simple graph. A function f : V → {−1, 1} is called an inverse signed total dominating function if the sum of its function values over any open neighborhood is at most zero. The inverse signed total domination number of G, denoted by γ0 st(G), equals to the maximum weight of an inverse signed total dominating function of G. In this paper, we establish upper bounds on...