Let G be a simple graph of order n, maximum degree ∆ and minimum degree δ ≥ 2. The independent domination number i(G) is defined to be the minimum cardinality among all maximal independent sets of vertices of G. The girth g(G) is the minimum length of a cycle in G. We establish sharp upper and lower bounds, as functions of n, ∆ and δ, for the independent domination number of graphs G with g(G) ...

In this paper, the bottleneck dominating set problem and one of its variants, the bottleneck independent dominating set problem, are considered. Let G(V, E, W) denote a graph with n-vertex-set V and m-edge-set E, where each vertex v is associated with a real cost W(v). Given any subset V′ of V, the bottleneck cost of V′ is defined as max{W(x)  x ∈ V′}. The major task involves identifying a dom...

Ve consider the independence, domination and independent domination numbers of graphs obtained from the moves of queens on chessboards drawn on the torus, and determine exact values for each of these parameters in infinitely many cases.

We determine upper bounds for γ(Qn) and i(Qn), the domination and independent domination numbers, respectively, of the graph Qn obtained from the moves of queens on the n× n chessboard drawn on the torus.

Let G be a simple graph of order n, maximum degree Δ and minimum degree δ ≥ 2. The independent domination number i(G) is defined to be the minimum cardinality among all maximal independent sets of vertices of G. The girth g(G) is the minimum length of a cycle in G. We establish best possible upper and lower bounds, as functions of n, Δ and δ, for the independent domination number of graphs G wi...

In this article we present characterizations of locally well-dominated graphs and locally independent well-dominated graphs, and a sufficient condition for a graph to be k-locally independent well-dominated. Using these results we show that the irredundance number, the domination number and the independent domination number can be computed in polynomial time within several classes of graphs, e....

A Roman dominating function on a graph G is a function f : V (G) → {0, 1, 2} satisfying the condition that every vertex u for which f(u) = 0 is adjacent to at least one vertex v for which f(v) = 2. The weight of a Roman dominating function is the value f(V (G)) = ∑ u∈V (G) f(u). The Roman domination number of G, γR(G), is the minimum weight of a Roman dominating function on G. In this paper, we...

The concept of inverse domination was introduced by Kulli V.R. and Sigarakanti S.C. [9] . Let D be a  set of G. A dominating set D1  VD is called an inverse dominating set of G with respect to D. The inverse domination number   (G) is the order of a smallest inverse dominating set. Motivated by this definition we define another parameter as follows. Let D be a maximum independent set in G. ...

Let G = (V,E) be a graph. A set S ⊂ V (G) is a hop dominating set of G if for every v ∈ V − S, there exists u ∈ S such that d(u, v) = 2. The minimum cardinality of a hop dominating set of G is called a hop domination number of G and is denoted by γh(G). In this paper we characterize the family of trees and unicyclic graphs for which γh(G) = γt(G) and γh(G) = γc(G) where γt(G) and γc(G) are the ...