We resolve the problem posed as the main open question in [4]: letting δ(G), ∆(G) and D(G) respectively denote the minimum degree, maximum degree, and domatic number (defined below) of an undirected graph G = (V,E), we show that D(G) ≥ (1−o(1))δ(G)/ ln(∆(G)), where the “o(1)” term goes to zero as ∆(G) → ∞. A dominating set of G is any set S ⊆ V such that for all v ∈ V , either v ∈ S or some nei...

Using a dominating set as a coordinator in wireless networks has been proposed in many papers as an energy conservation technique. Since the nodes in a dominating set have the extra burden of coordination, energy resources in such nodes will drain out more quickly than in other nodes. To maximize the lifetime of nodes in the network, it has been proposed that the role of coordinators be rotated...

The chromatic number χ(G) of a graph G is the minimum number of colours required to colour the vertices of G in such a way that no two adjacent vertices of G receive the same colour. A partition of V into χ(G) independent sets (called colour classes) is said to be a χpartition of G. A set S ⊆ V is called a dominating set of G if every vertex in V − S is adjacent to a vertex in S. A dominating s...

iii Acknowledgments I want to thank my thesis advisor Jörg Rothe for all of his support during the past four years. In the first place, I am deeply grateful to him for giving me the chance to be part of his research team. Without his great efforts, I would never have had the chance to work in the scientific community. Many inspiring and valuable discussions with him initiated fruitful ideas tha...

Let G be a simple graph without isolated vertices with vertex set V (G) and edge set E(G) and let k be a positive integer. A function f : E(G) −→ {±1,±2, . . . ,±k} is said to be a signed star {k}-dominating function on G if ∑ e∈E(v) f(e) ≥ k for every vertex v of G, where E(v) = {uv ∈ E(G) | u ∈ N(v)}. The signed star {k}-domination number of a graph G is γ{k}SS(G) = min{ ∑ e∈E f(e) | f is a S...

For a positive integer k, a k-rainbow dominating function of a digraph D is a function f from the vertex set V (D) to the set of all subsets of the set {1, 2, . . . , k} such that for any vertex v ∈ V (D) with f(v) = ∅ the condition u∈N−(v) f(u) = {1, 2, . . . , k} is fulfilled, where N−(v) is the set of in-neighbors of v. A set {f1, f2, . . . , fd} of k-rainbow dominating functions on D with t...

A subset D of the vertex set V (G) of a graph G is called point-set dominating, if for each subset S ⊆ V (G) − D there exists a vertex v ∈ D such that the subgraph of G induced by S ∪ {v} is connected. The maximum number of classes of a partition of V (G), all of whose classes are point-set dominating sets, is the point-set domatic number dp(G) of G. Its basic properties are studied in the paper.

A subset D of V (G) is called an equitable dominating set of a graph G if for every v ∈ (V − D), there exists a vertex u ∈ D such that uv ∈ E(G) and |deg(u) − deg(v)| 6 1. The minimum cardinality of such a dominating set is denoted by γe(G) and is called equitable domination number of G. In this paper we introduce the equitable edge domination and equitable edge domatic number in a graph, exact...

For a nonempty graph G = (V, E), a signed edge-domination of G is a function f : E(G) → {1,−1} such that ∑e′∈NG [e] f (e′) ≥ 1 for each e ∈ E(G). The signed edge-domatic number of G is the largest integer d for which there is a set { f1, f2, . . . , fd} of signed edge-dominations of G such that ∑d i=1 fi (e) ≤ 1 for every e ∈ E(G). This paper gives an original study on this concept and determin...