In this paper, we consider the dominance properties of the set of the pignistic k-additive belief functions. Then, given k, we conjecture the shape of the polytope of all the k-additive belief functions dominating a given belief function, starting from an analogy with the case of dominating probability measures. Under such conjecture, we compute the analytical form of the barycenter of the poly...

Let k be a positive integer, and let G be a simple graph with vertex set V (G). A k-distance Roman dominating function on G is a labeling f : V (G) → {0, 1, 2} such that every vertex with label 0 has a vertex with label 2 within distance k from each other. A set {f1, f2, . . . , fd} of k-distance Roman dominating functions on G with the property that ∑d i=1 fi(v) ≤ 2 for each v ∈ V (G), is call...

A function f : V (G) → {+1,−1} defined on the vertices of a graph G is a signed dominating function if for any vertex v the sum of function values over its closed neighborhood is at least 1. The signed domination number γs(G) of G is the minimum weight of a signed dominating function on G. By simply changing “{+1,−1}” in the above definition to “{+1, 0,−1}”, we can define the minus dominating f...

Let $D$ be a finite and simple digraph with vertex set $V(D)$‎.‎A signed total Roman $k$-dominating function (STR$k$DF) on‎‎$D$ is a function $f:V(D)rightarrow{-1‎, ‎1‎, ‎2}$ satisfying the conditions‎‎that (i) $sum_{xin N^{-}(v)}f(x)ge k$ for each‎‎$vin V(D)$‎, ‎where $N^{-}(v)$ consists of all vertices of $D$ from‎‎which arcs go into $v$‎, ‎and (ii) every vertex $u$ for which‎‎$f(u)=-1$ has a...

Top-k dominating queries combine the advantages of top-k queries and skyline queries, and eliminate their disadvantages. They return k objects with the highest domination score, which is defined as the number of dominated objects. As a top-k query, the user can bound the number of returned results through the parameter k, and like a skyline query a user-selected scoring function is not required...

For any integer k ≥ 1, a signed (total) k-dominating function is a function f : V (G) → {−1, 1} satisfying w∈N [v] f(w) ≥ k ( P w∈N(v) f(w) ≥ k) for every v ∈ V (G), where N(v) = {u ∈ V (G)|uv ∈ E(G)} and N [v] = N(v)∪{v}. The minimum of the values ofv∈V (G) f(v), taken over all signed (total) k-dominating functions f, is called the signed (total) k-domination number and is denoted by γkS(G) (γ...

let $d$ be a finite and simple digraph with vertex set $v(d)$‎.‎a signed total roman $k$-dominating function (str$k$df) on‎‎$d$ is a function $f:v(d)rightarrow{-1‎, ‎1‎, ‎2}$ satisfying the conditions‎‎that (i) $sum_{xin n^{-}(v)}f(x)ge k$ for each‎‎$vin v(d)$‎, ‎where $n^{-}(v)$ consists of all vertices of $d$ from‎‎which arcs go into $v$‎, ‎and (ii) every vertex $u$ for which‎‎$f(u)=-1$ has a...

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, 1} 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)}. A set {f1, f2, . . . , fd} of signed star k-dominating functions on G with the property that ∑d i=1 fi(e)...

Let G be an edge-colored graph with n vertices. A rainbow subgraph is a subgraph whose edges have distinct colors. The rainbow edge-chromatic number of G, written χ̂′(G), is the minimum number of rainbow matchings needed to cover E(G). An edgecolored graph is t-tolerant if it contains no monochromatic star with t+1 edges. If G is t-tolerant, then χ̂′(G) < t(t+ 1)n lnn, and examples exist with χ̂′(...