Let G = (V ,E) be a graph without isolated vertices. A set S ⊆ V is a paired-dominating set if every vertex in V − S is adjacent to a vertex in S and the subgraph induced by S contains a perfect matching. The paired-domination problem is to determine the paired-domination number, which is the minimum cardinality of a paired-dominating set. Motivated by a mistaken algorithm given by Chen, Kang a...

a dominating set $d subseteq v$ of a graph $g = (v,e)$ is said to be a connected cototal dominating set if $langle d rangle$ is connected and $langle v-d rangle neq phi$, contains no isolated vertices. a connected cototal dominating set is said to be minimal if no proper subset of $d$ is connected cototal dominating set. the connected cototal domination number $gamma_{ccl}(g)$ of $g$ is the min...

A dominating set of a graph G is a vertex subset that any vertex of G either belongs to or is adjacent to. A total dominating set is a dominating set whose induced subgraph does not contain isolated vertices. The minimal size of a total dominating set, the total domination number, is denoted by γt. The maximal size of an inclusionwise minimal total dominating set, the upper total domination num...

‎A total dominating set of a graph $G$ is a set $D$ of vertices of $G$ such that every vertex of $G$ has a neighbor in $D$‎. ‎The total domination number of a graph $G$‎, ‎denoted by $gamma_t(G)$‎, ‎is~the minimum cardinality of a total dominating set of $G$‎. ‎Chellali and Haynes [Total and paired-domination numbers of a tree, AKCE International ournal of Graphs and Combinatorics 1 (2004)‎, ‎6...

Abstract A set S of vertices in a graph G is paired dominating if every vertex adjacent to and the subgraph induced by contains perfect matching (not necessarily as an subgraph). The domination number, $$\gamma _{\mathrm{pr}}(G)$$ γ pr ( G</mml:m...

a {em roman dominating function} on a graph $g = (v ,e)$ is a function $f : vlongrightarrow {0, 1, 2}$ satisfying the condition that every vertex $v$ for which $f (v) = 0$ is adjacent to at least one vertex $u$ for which $f (u) = 2$. the {em weight} of a roman dominating function is the value $w(f)=sum_{vin v}f(v)$. the roman domination number of a graph $g$, denoted by $gamma_r(g)$, equals the...

A paired-dominating set of a graph G = (V, E) with no isolated vertex is a dominating set of vertices inducing a graph with a perfect matching. The paired-domination number of G, denoted by γpr (G), is the minimum cardinality of a paired-dominating set of G. We consider graphs of order n ≥ 6, minimum degree δ such that G and G do not have an isolated vertex and we prove that – if γpr (G) > 4 an...

The dual notions of domination and packing in finite simple graphs were first extensively explored by Meir and Moon in [15]. Most of the lower bounds for the domination number of a nontrivial Cartesian product involve the 2-packing, or closed neighborhood packing, number of the factors. In addition, the domination number of any graph is at least as large as its 2-packing number, and the invaria...