A two-valued function f defined on the vertices of a graph G (V, E), I : V -+ {-I, I}, is a signed dominating function if the sum of its function values over any closed neighborhood is at least one. That is, for every v E V, f(N[v]) 2: 1, where N(v] consists of v and every vertex adjacent to v. The of a signed dominating function is ICV) = L f( v), over all vertices v E V. The signed domination...

Let G be a simple graph without isolated vertices with vertex set V (G) and edge set E(G) and let k be a positive integer. A function f : E(G) → {−1, 1} is said to be a signed star k-dominating function on G if ∑ e∈E(v) f(e) ≥ k for every vertex v of G, where E(v) = {uv ∈ E(G) | u ∈ N(v)}. A set {f1, f2, . . . , fd} of signed star k-dominating functions on G with the property that ∑d i=1 fi(e) ...

The domination number γ(H) of a hypergraph H = (V (H), E(H)) is the minimum size of a subset D ⊂ V (H) of the vertices such that for every v ∈ V (H) \D there exist a vertex d ∈ D and an edge H ∈ E(H) with v, d ∈ H. We address the problem of finding the minimum number n(k, γ) of vertices that a k-uniform hypergraph H can have if γ(H) ≥ γ and H does not contain isolated vertices. We prove that n(...

The k-domination number of a graph is the minimum size of a set X such that every vertex of G is in distance at most k from X. We give a linear time constant-factor approximation algorithm for k-domination number in classes of graphs with bounded expansion, which include e.g. proper minor-closed graph classes, classes closed on topological minors or classes of graphs that can be drawn on a fixe...

This paper is devoted to the study of quadruple Roman domination in trees, and it a contribution Special Issue “Theoretical computer science discrete mathematics” Symmetry. For any positive integer k, [k]-Roman dominating function ([k]-RDF) simple graph G from vertex set V {0,1,2,…,k+1} if for u?V with f(u)<k, ?x?N(u)?{u}f(x)?|{x?N(u):f(x)?1}|+k, where N(u) open neighborhood u. The weight [k...

‎for any integer $kgeq 1$‎, ‎a set $s$ of vertices in a graph $g=(v,e)$ is a $k$-‎tuple total dominating set of $g$ if any vertex‎ ‎of $g$ is adjacent to at least $k$ vertices in $s$‎, ‎and any vertex‎ ‎of $v-s$ is adjacent to at least $k$ vertices in $v-s$‎. ‎the minimum number of vertices of such a set‎ ‎in $g$ we call the $k$-tuple total restrained domination number of $g$‎. ‎the maximum num...