A number of optimization methods require as a rst step the construction of a dominating set (a set containing an optimal solution) enjoying properties such as compactness or convexity. In this note we address the problem of constructing dominating sets for problems whose objective is a componentwise nondecreasing function of (possibly an in nite number of) convex functions, and we show how to o...

A function f de1ned on the vertices of a graph G = (V; E); f :V → {−1; 0; 1} is a minus dominating function if the sum of its values over any closed neighborhood is at least one. The weight of a minus dominating function is f(V ) = ∑ v∈V f(v). The minus domination number of a graph G, denoted by −(G), equals the minimum weight of a minus dominating function of G. In this paper, a sharp lower bo...

Let D = (V,A) be a finite simple directed graph (shortly digraph) in which dD(v) ≥ 1 for all v ∈ V . A function f : V −→ {−1, 1} is called a signed total dominating function if ∑ u∈N−(v) f(u) ≥ 1 for each vertex v ∈ V . A set {f1, f2, . . . , fd} of signed total dominating functions on D with the property that ∑d i=1 fi(v) ≤ 1 for each v ∈ V (D), is called a signed total dominating family (of f...

Let D be a finite and simple digraph with vertex set V (D), and let f : V (D)→ {−1,1} be a two-valued function. If k ≥ 1 is an integer and ∑x∈N−[v] f (x) ≥ k for each v∈V (D), where N−[v] consists of v and all vertices of D from which arcs go into v, then f is a signed k-dominating function on D. A set { f1, f2, . . . , fd} of distinct signed k-dominating functions of D with the property that ∑...

A two-valued function f defined on the vertices of a graph G (V, E), I : V -+ {-I, I}, is a signed dominating function if the sum of its function values over any closed neighborhood is at least one. That is, for every v E V, f(N[v]) 2: 1, where N(v] consists of v and every vertex adjacent to v. The of a signed dominating function is ICV) = L f( v), over all vertices v E V. The signed domination...

We study partial and budgeted versions of the well studied connected dominating set problem. In the partial connected dominating set problem (Pcds), we are given an undirected graph G = (V,E) and an integer n′, and the goal is to find a minimum subset of vertices that induces a connected subgraph of G and dominates at least n′ vertices. We obtain the first polynomial time algorithm with an O(ln...

Let G = (V, E) be a simple graph on vertex set V and define a function f : V → {−1, 1}. The function f is a signed dominating function if for every vertex x ∈ V , the closed neighborhood of x contains more vertices with function value 1 than with −1. The signed domination number of G, γs(G), is the minimum weight of a signed dominating function on G. Let G denote the complement of G. In this pa...

In this paper, we study both concepts of geodetic dominatingand edge geodetic dominating sets and derive some tight upper bounds onthe edge geodetic and the edge geodetic domination numbers. We also obtainattainable upper bounds on the maximum number of elements in a partitionof a vertex set of a connected graph into geodetic sets, edge geodetic sets,geodetic domin...