In this paper, we continue the study of the domination game in graphs introduced by Bre{v{s}}ar, Klav{v{z}}ar, and Rall. We study the paired-domination version of the domination game which adds a matching dimension to the game. This game is played on a graph $G$ by two players, named Dominator and Pairer. They alternately take turns choosing vertices of $G$ such that each vertex chosen by Domin...

In this paper, we study a generalization of the paired domination number. Let G= (V ,E) be a graph without an isolated vertex. A set D ⊆ V (G) is a k-distance paired dominating set of G if D is a k-distance dominating set of G and the induced subgraph 〈D〉 has a perfect matching. The k-distance paired domination number p(G) is the cardinality of a smallest k-distance paired dominating set of G. ...

A paired-dominating set of a graph is a dominating set of vertices whose induced subgraph has a perfect matching, while the paired-domination number is the minimum cardinality of a paired-dominating set in the graph. Recently, Chen, Sun and Xing [Acta Mathematica Scientia Series A Chinese Edition 27(1) (2007), 166–170] proved that a cubic graph has paired-domination number at most three-fifths ...

The paired bondage number (total restrained bondage number, independent bondage number, k-rainbow bondage number) of a graph G, is the minimum number of edges whose removal from G results in a graph with larger paired domination number (respectively, total restrained domination number, independent domination number, k-rainbow domination number). In this paper we show that the decision problems ...

Given a graph \(G=(V(G), E(G))\), the size of minimum dominating set, paired and total set G are denoted by \(\gamma (G)\), _{pr}(G)\), _{t}(G)\), respectively. For positive integer k, k-packing in is \(S \subseteq V(G)\) such that for every pair distinct vertices u v S, distance between at least \(k+1\). The number order largest \(\rho _{k}(G)\). It well known _{pr}(G) \le 2\gamma (G)\). In th...

In this paper we continue the study of paired-domination in graphs. A paired–dominating set, abbreviated PDS, of a graph G with no isolated vertex is a dominating set of vertices whose induced subgraph has a perfect matching. The paired-domination number of G, denoted by γp(G), is the minimum cardinality of a PDS of G. The upper paired–domination number of G, denoted by Γp(G), is the maximum ca...

Given a graph G = (V, E), the subdivision of an edge e = uv ∈ E(G) means the substitution of the edge e by a vertex x and the new edges ux and xv. The domination subdivision number of a graph G is the minimum number of edges of G which must be subdivided (where each edge can be subdivided at most once) in order to increase the domination number. Also, the domination multisubdivision number of G...

The paired-domination was introduced by Haynes and Slater in 1995 as a model for assigning backups to guards for security proposes, and it was shown that the problem on general graphs is NP-complete. In 2003, Qiao et al gave a linear algorithm for obtaining the paired-domination numbers of trees based on the paired-domination numbers of paths. The advantage of taking paths into consideration is...