The domination multisubdivision number of a nonempty graph G was defined in [3] as the minimum positive integer k such that there exists an edge which must be subdivided k times to increase the domination number of G. Similarly we define the total domination multisubdivision number msdγt(G) of a graph G and we show that for any connected graph G of order at least two, msdγt(G) ≤ 3. We show that...

In this paper, we propose a new network reliability measure for some particular kind of service networks, which we refer to as domination reliability. We relate this new reliability measure to the domination polynomial of a graph and the coverage probability of a hypergraph. We derive explicit and recursive formulæ for domination reliability and its associated domination reliability polynomial,...

For any graph G a set D of vertices of G is a dominating set, if every vertex v∈V (G)− D has at least one neighbor in D. The domination number (G) is the smallest number of vertices in any dominating set. In this paper, a characterization is given for block graphs having a unique minimum dominating set. With this result, we generalize a theorem of Gunther, Hartnell, Markus and Rall for trees. c...

the broadcast domination number of the cartesian product of two cycles is completely determined.

A dominating set S of a graph G is called efficient if |N [v]∩S| = 1 for every vertex v ∈ V (G). That is, a dominating set S is efficient if and only if every vertex is dominated exactly once. In this paper, we investigate efficient multiple domination. There are several types of multiple domination defined in the literature: k-tuple domination, {k}-domination, and k-domination. We investigate ...

A cactus graph is a connected graph in which any two cycles have at most one vertex in common. Let γ(G) and γc(G) be the domination number and connected domination number of a graph G, respectively. We can see that γ(G) ≤ γc(G) for any graph G. S. Arumugam and J. Paulraj Joseph [1] have characterized trees, unicyclic graphs and cubic graphs with equal domination and connected domination numbers...

This paper consists of two loosely related notes on the domination number of graphs. In the first part, we provide a new upper bound for the domination number of d-regular graphs. Our bound is the best known for d ≥ 6. In the second part, we compute the exact domination number and total domination number of certain Kneser graphs, and we provide some bounds on the domination number of other Knes...

Upper and lower bounds on the total domination number of the direct product of graphs are given. The bounds involve the {2}-total domination number and the total 2-tuple domination number of the factors. Using these relationships some exact total domination numbers are obtained. An infinite family of graphs is constructed showing that the bounds are best possible. The domination number of direc...

In many papers, the relation between the domination number of a product of graphs and the product of domination numbers of factors is studied. Here we investigate this problem for domination and total domination numbers in the cross product of digraphs. We give analogues of known results for graphs, and we also present new results for digraphs with sources. Using these results we find dominatio...

In this paper, we consider various types of domination vertex critical graphs, including total domination vertex critical graphs and independent domination vertex critical graphs and connected domination vertex critical graphs. We provide upper bounds on the diameter of them, two of which are sharp. MSC (2010): 05C12, 05C69