We exploit the close relationship between circular arc graphs and interval graphs to design efficient approximation algorithms for NP-hard Optimization problems on circular arc graphs. The problems considered here are maximum domatic partition and on-line minimum vertex coloring. We present a heuristic for the domatic partition problem with a performance ratio of 4. For on-line coloring, we con...

Given a set N with n elements and a family F of subsets, we show how to partition N into k such subsets in 2nnO(1) time. We also consider variations of this problem where the subsets may overlap or are weighted, and we solve the decision, counting, summation, and optimisation versions of these problems. Our algorithms are based on the principle of inclusion–exclusion and the zeta transform. In ...

Let G be a graph with vertex set V (G), and let f : V (G) −→ {−1, 1} be a two-valued function. If k ≥ 1 is an integer and ∑ x∈N(v) f(x) ≥ k for each v ∈ V (G), where N(v) is the neighborhood of v, then f is a signed total k-dominating function on G. A set {f1, f2, . . . , fd} of distinct signed total k-dominating functions on G with the property that ∑d i=1 fi(x) ≤ k for each x ∈ V (G), is call...

Network lifetime is a critical issue in wireless sensor networks. In the coverage problem, sensors can be partitioned into many subsets to prolong network lifetime. These subsets are activated successively and each of them completely covers an interest region. Many centralized algorithms have been proposed to solve this problem. A very few distributed versions have also been presented but none ...

A transversal of a hypergraph is a set of vertices meeting all the hyperedges. A k-fold transversal of a hypergraph is a set of vertices such that every hyperedge has at least k elements of. In this paper, we prove that a k-fold transversal of a balanced hypergraph can be expressed as a union of k pairwise disjoint transversals and such partition can be obtained in polynomial time. We give an N...

The domatic number of a graph G is the maximum number of dominating sets into which the vertex set of G can be partitioned. We show that the domatic number of a random r-regular graph is almost surely at most r, and that for 3-regular random graphs, the domatic number is almost surely equal to 3. We also give a lower bound on the domatic number of a graph in terms of order, minimum degree and m...

Let D be a finite and simple digraph with vertex set V (D), and let f : V (D) → {−1, 1} be a two-valued function. If k ≥ 1 is an integer and ∑ x∈N−[v] f(x) ≥ k for each v ∈ V (D), where N−[v] consists of v and all vertices of D from which arcs go into v, then f is a signed k-dominating function on D. A set {f1, f2, . . . , fd} of distinct signed k-dominating functions of D with the property tha...

A dominating set S in a graph G is a tree dominating set of G if the subgraph induced by S is a tree. The tree domatic number of G is the maximum number of pairwise disjoint tree dominating sets in V (G). First, some exact values of and sharp bounds for the tree domatic number are given. Then, we establish a sharp lower bound for the number of edges in a connected graph of given order and given...

Let D be a simple digraph with vertex set V (D), and let f : V (D) → {−1, 1} be a two-valued function. If k ≥ 1 is an integer and ∑x∈N−[v] f(x) ≥ k for each v ∈ V (D), where N[v] consists of v and all vertices of D from which arcs go into v, then f is a signed k-dominating function on D. A set {f1, f2, . . . , fd} of distinct signed k-dominating functions on D with the property that ∑d i=1 fi(x...