4 For a graph G = (V,E), a set S ⊆ V is a dominating set if every vertex in 5 V is either in S or is adjacent to a vertex in S. The domination number γ(G) 6 of G is the minimum order of a dominating set in G. A graph G is said to be 7 domination vertex critical, if γ(G− v) < γ(G) for any vertex v in G. A graph 8 G is domination edge critical, if γ(G∪ e) < γ(G) for any edge e / ∈ E(G). We 9 call...

LetD = (V,A) be a finite and simple digraph. A Roman dominating function (RDF) on a digraph D is a labeling f : V (D) → {0, 1, 2} such that every vertex with label 0 has a in-neighbor with label 2. The weight of an RDF f is the value ω(f) = ∑ v∈V f(v). The Roman domination number of a digraph D, denoted by γR(D), equals the minimum weight of an RDF on D. In this paper we present some sharp boun...

A vertex set D in a graph G is k-dependent if G[D] has maximum degree at most k−1, and k-dominating if every vertex outside D has at least k neighbors in D. Favaron [2] proved that if D is a k-dependent set maximizing the quantity k |D|−|E(G[D])|, then D is k-dominating. We extend this result, showing that such sets satisfy a stronger property: given any ordering < of V (G)−D, there is a k-edge...

Vertex Cover (VC): A vertex cover in an undirected graph G = (V,E) is a subset of vertices V ′ ⊆ V such that every edge in G has at least one endpoint in V ′. The vertex cover problem (VC) is: given an undirected graph G and an integer k, does G have a vertex cover of size k? Dominating Set (DS): A dominating set in a graph G = (V,E) is a subset of vertices V ′ such that every vertex in the gra...

Vertex Cover (VC): A vertex cover in an undirected graph G = (V,E) is a subset of vertices V ′ ⊆ V such that every edge in G has at least one endpoint in V ′. The vertex cover problem (VC) is: given an undirected graph G and an integer k, does G have a vertex cover of size k? Dominating Set (DS): A dominating set in a graph G = (V,E) is a subset of vertices V ′ such that every vertex in the gra...

Let k ∈ Z +. A − distance Roman dominating function (kDRDF) on G = (V, E) is a f : V → {0, 1, 2} such that for every vertex v with f(v) 0, there u f(u) 2 d(u, v) ≤ k. The global (GkDRDF) if and only its complement G. weight of the value w(f) P x∈V f(x). minimum graph called domination number denoted as γ gR(G). gR(G) Note that, 1 usual γgR(G), is, γgR(G). authors initiated this study. In paper,...

a signed graph (marked graph) is an ordered pair $s=(g,sigma)$$(s=(g,mu))$, where $g=(v,e)$ is a graph called the underlyinggraph of $s$ and $sigma:erightarrow{+,-}$$(mu:vrightarrow{+,-})$ is a function. for a graph $g$, $v(g),e(g)$ and $c(g)$ denote its vertex set, edge set and cut-vertexset, respectively. the lict graph $l_{c}(g)$ of a graph $g=(v,e)$is defined as the graph having vertex set ...

A signed tree-coloring of a signed graph (G, σ) is a vertex coloring c so that G(i,±) is a forest for every i ∈ c(u) and u ∈ V(G), where G(i,±) is the subgraph of (G, σ) whose vertex set is the set of vertices colored by i or −i and edge set is the set of positive edges with two end-vertices colored both by i or both by −i, along with the set of negative edges with one end-vertex colored by i a...

A Roman dominating function (RDF) on a graph $G = (V, E)$ is a labeling $f : V rightarrow {0, 1, 2}$ suchthat every vertex with label $0$ has a neighbor with label $2$. The weight of $f$ is the value $f(V) = Sigma_{vin V} f(v)$The Roman domination number, $gamma_R(G)$, of $G$ is theminimum weight of an RDF on $G$.An RDF of minimum weight is called a $gamma_R$-function.A graph G is said to be $g...