Let G be a graph with vertex set V . A set D ⊆ V is a total restrained dominating set of G if every vertex in V has a neighbor in D and every vertex in V \D has a neighbor in V \D. The minimum cardinality of a total restrained dominating set of G is called the total restrained domination number of G, and is denoted by γtr(G). In this paper, we prove that if G is a connected graph of order n ≥ 4...

Given a semigraph, we can construct graphs Sa, Sca, Se and S1e. In the same pattern, we construct bipartite graphs CA(S), A(S), VE(S), CA(S) and A(S). We find the equality of domination parameters in the bipartite graphs constructed with the domination and total domination parameters of the graphs Sa and Sca. We introduce the domination and independence parameters for the bipartite semigraph. W...

A edge 2-rainbow dominating function (E2RDF) of a graph G is a ‎function f from the edge set E(G) to the set of all subsets‎ ‎of the set {1,2} such that for any edge.......................

A total outer-independent dominating set of a graph G = (V (G), E(G)) is a set D of vertices of G such that every vertex of G has a neighbor in D, and the set V (G) \D is independent. The total outer-independent domination number of a graph G, denoted by γ t (G), is the minimum cardinality of a total outer-independent dominating set of G. We prove that for every tree T of order n ≥ 4, with l le...

Nine variations of the concept of domination in a simple graph are identified as fundamental domination concepts, and a unified approach is introduced for studying them. For each variation, the minimum cardinality of a subset of dominating elements is the corresponding fundamental domination number. It is observed that, for each nontrivial connected graph, at most five of these nine numbers can...

A locating-total dominating set (LTDS) S of a graph G is a total dominating set S of G such that for every two vertices u and v in V(G) − S, N(u)∩S ≠ N(v)∩S. The locating-total domination number ( ) l t G  is the minimum cardinality of a LTDS of G. A LTDS of cardinality ( ) l t G  we call a ( ) l t G  -set. In this paper, we determine the locating-total domination number for the special clas...

Let G = (V,E) be a graph. A total restrained dominating set is a set S ⊆ V where every vertex in V \ S is adjacent to a vertex in S as well as to another vertex in V \S, and every vertex in S is adjacent to another vertex in S. The total restrained domination number of G, denoted by γ r (G), is the smallest cardinality of a total restrained dominating set of G. We determine lower and upper boun...

Constructing a connected dominating set as the virtual backbone plays an important role in wireless networks. In this paper, we propose two novel approximate algorithms for dominating set and connected dominating set in wireless networks, respectively. Both of the algorithms are based on edge dominating capability which is a novel notion proposed in this paper. Simulations show that each of pro...

A set of vertices is a dominating set in a graph if every vertex not in the dominating set is adjacent to one or more vertices in the dominating set. A dominating clique is a dominating set that induces a complete subgraph. Forbidden subgraph conditions sufficient to imply the existence of a dominating clique are given. For certain classes of graphs, a polynomial algorithm is given for finding ...