Let $G$ be a simple graph with vertex set $V$. A double Roman dominating function (DRDF) on $G$ is a function $f:Vrightarrow{0,1,2,3}$ satisfying that if $f(v)=0$, then the vertex $v$ must be adjacent to at least two vertices assigned $2$ or one vertex assigned $3$ under $f$, whereas if $f(v)=1$, then the vertex $v$ must be adjacent to at least one vertex assigned $2$ or $3$. The weight of a DR...

Let k be a positive integer and let G = (V,E) be a simple graph. The k-tuple domination number γ×k(G) of G is the minimum cardinality of a k-tuple dominating set S, a set that for every vertex v ∈ V , |NG[v]∩S| ≥ k. Also the total k-domination number γ×k,t(G) of G is the minimum cardinality of a total k -dominating set S, a set that for every vertex v ∈ V , |NG(v)∩S| ≥ k. The k-transversal numb...

1. Any vertex that is incident to an observed edge is observed. 2. Any edge joining two observed vertices is observed. The power domination problem is a variant of the classical domination problem in graphs and is defined as follows. Given an undirected graph G = (V, E), the problem is to find a minimum vertex set SP ⊆ V , called the power dominating set of G, such that all vertices in G are ob...

A set S of vertices is defined to be a power dominating set (PDS) of a graph G if every vertex and every edge in G can be monitored by the set S according to a set of rules for power system monitoring. The minimum cardinality of a PDS of G is its power domination number. In this article, we find upper bounds for the power domination number of some families of Cartesian products of graphs: the c...

‎In this paper‎, ‎we investigate domination number‎, ‎$gamma$‎, ‎as well‎ ‎as signed domination number‎, ‎$gamma_{_S}$‎, ‎of all cubic Cayley‎ ‎graphs of cyclic and quaternion groups‎. ‎In addition‎, ‎we show that‎ ‎the domination and signed domination numbers of cubic graphs depend‎ on each other‎.

For the terminology and notations not defined here, we adopt those in Bondy and Murty [1] and Xu [2] and consider simple graphs only. Let G = (V,E) be a graph with vertex set V = V (G) and edge set E = E(G). For any vertex v ∈ V , NG(v) denotes the open neighborhood of v in G and NG[v] = NG(v) ∪ {v} the closed one. dG(v) = |NG(v)| is called the degree of v in G, ∆ and δ denote the maximum degre...

A Roman dominating function (RDF) on a graphG = (V,E) is a function f : V −→ {0, 1, 2} satisfying the condition that every vertex u for which f(u) = 0 is adjacent to at least one vertex v for which f(v) = 2. The weight of an RDF is the value f(V (G)) = ∑ u∈V (G) f(u). An RDF f in a graph G is independent if no two vertices assigned positive values are adjacent. The Roman domination number γR(G)...

An edge of a graph is called dot-critical if its contraction decreases the domination number. A graph is said to be dot-critical if all of its edges are dot-critical. A vertex of a graph is called critical if its deletion decreases the domination number. In A note on the domination dot-critical graphs, Discrete Appl. Math. 157 (2009) 3743–3745, Chen and Shiu constructed for each even integer k ...

Let γ(G) denote the domination number of a graph G. A Roman domination function of a graph G is a function f : V → {0, 1, 2} such that every vertex with 0 has a neighbor with 2. The Roman domination number γR(G) is the minimum of f(V (G)) = Σv∈V f(v) over all such functions. Let G H denote the Cartesian product of graphs G and H. We prove that γ(G)γ(H) ≤ γR(G H) for all simple graphs G and H, w...