For a positive integer k, a k-rainbow dominating function of a graph G is a function f from the vertex set V (G) to the set of all subsets of the set {1, 2, . . . , k} such that for any vertex v ∈ V (G) with f(v) = ∅ the condition ⋃ u∈N(v) f(u) = {1, 2, . . . , k} is fulfilled, where N(v) is the neighborhood of v. The 1-rainbow domination is the same as the ordinary domination. A set {f1, f2, ....

In this paper, we study the Dominating Set problem in random graphs. In a random graph, each pair of vertices are joined by an edge with a probability of p, where p is a positive constant less than 1. We show that, given a random graph in n vertices, a minimum dominating set in the graph can be computed in expected 2 2 2 n) time. For the parameterized dominating set problem, we show that it can...

A function f defined on the vertices of a graph G = (V ,E), f : V → {−1, 0, 1} is a total minus dominating function (TMDF) if the sum of its values over any open neighborhood is at least one. The weight of a TMDF is the sum of its function values over all vertices. The total minus domination number, denoted by −t (G), of G is the minimum weight of a TMDF on G. In this paper, a sharp lower bound...

A 2-rainbow dominating function ( ) of a graph  is a function  from the vertex set  to the set of all subsets of the set  such that for any vertex  with  the condition  is fulfilled, where  is the open neighborhood of . A maximal 2-rainbow dominating function on a graph  is a 2-rainbow dominating function  such that the set is not a dominating set of . The weight of a maximal    is the value . ...

Let D be a finite simple directed graph with vertex set V(D) and arc set A(D). A function ( ) { } − : 1,1 f V D → is called a signed dominating function (SDF) if [ ] ( ) 1 D f N v − ≥ for each vertex v V ∈ . The weight ( ) f ω of f is defined by ( ) ∑ v V f v ∈ . The signed domination number of a digraph D is ( ) ( ) { } γ ω = min is an SDF of s D f f D . Let Cm × Cn denotes the cartesian produ...

A problem open for many years is whether there is an FPT algorithm that given a graph G and parameter k, either: (1) determines that G has no k-Dominating Set, or (2) produces a dominating set of size at most g(k), where g(k) is some fixed function of k. Such an outcome is termed an FPT approximation algorithm. We describe some results that begin to provide some answers. We show that there is n...

A function f de1ned on the vertices of a graph G = (V; E); f :V → {−1; 0; 1} is a minus dominating function if the sum of its values over any closed neighborhood is at least one. The weight of a minus dominating function is f(V ) = ∑ v∈V f(v). The minus domination number of a graph G, denoted by −(G), equals the minimum weight of a minus dominating function of G. In this paper, a sharp lower bo...

Given a graphG, the k-dominating graph ofG, Dk(G), is defined to be the graph whose vertices correspond to the dominating sets of G that have cardinality at most k. Two vertices in Dk(G) are adjacent if and only if the corresponding dominating sets of G differ by either adding or deleting a single vertex. The graph Dk(G) aids in studying the reconfiguration problem for dominating sets. In parti...