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The problem Defensive $\delta$-Covering, for some covering range $\delta > 0$, is a continuous facility location problem on undirected graphs where all edges have unit length. It is a generalization of Defensive Dominating Set and…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2026-05-12 Christoph Grüne , Tom Janßen

We introduce a new bivariate polynomial which we call the defensive alliance polynomial and denote it by da(G; x, y). It is a generalization of the alliance polynomial [Carballosa et al., 2014] and the strong alliance polynomial [Carballosa…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2018-11-27 Hany Ibrahim

Let $G=(V,E)$ be a simple graph. A dominating set of $G$ is a subset $D\subseteq V$ such that every vertex not in $D$ is adjacent to at least one vertex in $D$.The cardinality of a smallest dominating set of $G$, denoted by $\gamma(G)$, is…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-07-23 Saeid Alikhani , Maryam Safazadeh

For an integer $k \ge 1$, a (distance) $k$-dominating set of a connected graph $G$ is a set $S$ of vertices of $G$ such that every vertex of $V(G) \setminus S$ is at distance at most~$k$ from some vertex of $S$. The $k$-domination number,…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2015-08-03 Randy Davila , Caleb Fast , Michael Henning , Franklin Kenter

Due to the increasing discovery and implementation of networks within all disciplines of life, the study of subgraph connectivity has become increasingly important. Motivated by the idea of community (or sub-graph) detection within a…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2015-05-19 Linda Eroh , Henry Escuardo , Ralucca Gera , Samuel Prahlow , Karl R. B. Schmitt

An offensive alliance in a graph $\Gamma=(V,E)$ is a set of vertices $S\subset V$ where for every vertex $v$ in its boundary it holds that the majority of vertices in $v$'s closed neighborhood are in $S$. In the case of strong offensive…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2010-07-29 J. M. Sigarreta , J. A. Rodriguez

A set $S$ of vertices of a graph $G$ is a dominating set in $G$ if every vertex outside of $S$ is adjacent to at least one vertex belonging to $S$. A domination parameter of $G$ is related to those sets of vertices of a graph satisfying…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2013-01-15 Dorota Kuziak , Magdalena Lemanska , Ismael G. Yero

Mobile guards on the vertices of a graph are used to defend it against attacks on either its vertices or its edges. Various models for this problem have been proposed. In this survey we describe a number of these models with particular…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2015-04-03 William F. Klostermeyer , Christina M. Mynhardt

We prove the following result: If $G$ be a connected graph on $n \ge 6$ vertices, then there exists a set of vertices $D$ with $|D| \le \frac{n}{3}$ and such that $V(G) \setminus N[D]$ is an independent set, where $N[D]$ is the closed…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2015-05-01 Yair Caro , Adriana Hansberg

Deep neural networks (DNNs) have been widely applied to various applications, including image classification, text generation, audio recognition, and graph data analysis. However, recent studies have shown that DNNs are vulnerable to…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2022-10-07 Lichao Sun , Yingtong Dou , Carl Yang , Ji Wang , Yixin Liu , Philip S. Yu , Lifang He , Bo Li

In a graph $G = (V,E)$, a k-ruling set $S$ is one in which all vertices $V$ \ $S$ are at most $k$ distance from $S$. Finding a minimum k-ruling set is intrinsically linked to the minimum dominating set problem and maximal independent set…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-09-27 Max Koster

Let $G=\big{(}V(G),E(G)\big{)}$ be a graph with minimum degree $k$. A subset $S\subseteq V(G)$ is called a total $k$-dominating set if every vertex in $G$ has at least $k$ neighbors in $S$. Two disjoint sets $A,B\subset V(G)$ form a total…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-12-10 Boštjan Brešar , Sandi Klavžar , Babak Samadi

The $k$-token graph $T_k(G)$ is the graph whose vertices are the $k$-subsets of vertices of a graph $G$, with two vertices of $T_k(G)$ adjacent if their symmetric difference is an edge of $G$. We explore when $T_k(G)$ is a well-covered…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2020-10-12 F. M. Abdelmalek , Esther Vander Meulen , Kevin N. Vander Meulen , Adam Van Tuyl

A set $S$ of vertices in a graph $G$ is a dominating set if every vertex of $G$ is in $S$ or is adjacent to a vertex in $S$. If, in addition, $S$ is an independent set, then $S$ is an independent dominating set. The domination number…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2020-10-27 Martin Knor , Riste Škrekovski , Aleksandra Tepeh

Let $G=(V,E)$ be a simple graph. A set $S\subseteq V(G)$ is called an outer-connected dominating set (or ocd-set) of $G$, if $S$ is a dominating set of $G$ and either $S=V(G)$ or $V\backslash S$ is a connected graph. In this paper we…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-02-19 Saeid Alikhani , Mohammad H. Akhbari , C. Eslahchi , Roslan Hasni

Let $G$ be graph with vertex set $V(G)$ and order $n$. A coalition in a graph $G$ consists of two disjoint sets of vertices $V_1$ and $V_2$, neither of which is a dominating set but whose union $V_1 \cup V_2$ is a dominating set. A…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-11-27 Swathi Shetty , Sayinath Udupa N. V. , B. R. Rakshith

The connected coalition in a graph $G=(V,E)$ consists of two disjoint sets of vertices $V_{1}$ and $V_{2}$, neither of which is a connected dominating set but whose union $V_{1}\cup V_{2}$, is a connected dominating set. A connected…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-02-14 Saeid Alikhani , Davood Bakhshesh , Hamidreza Golmohammadi , Elena V. Konstantinova

We study the m-Eternal Domination problem, which is the following two-player game between a defender and an attacker on a graph: initially, the defender positions k guards on vertices of the graph; the game then proceeds in turns between…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2025-07-15 Tiziana Calamoneri , Federico Corò , Neeldhara Misra , Saraswati G. Nanoti , Giacomo Paesani

A set $D$ of vertices is a strong dominating set in a graph $G$, if for every vertex $x\in V(G) \setminus D$ there is a vertex $y\in D$ with $xy\in E(G)$ and $deg(x) \leq deg(y)$. The strong domination number $\gamma_{st}(G)$ of $G$ is the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-06-05 Saeid Alikhani , Nima Ghanbari , Michael A. Henning

\noindent A perfect dominating set in a graph $G=(V,E)$ is a subset $S \subseteq V$ such that each vertex in $V \setminus S$ has exactly one neighbor in $S$. A perfect coalition in $G$ consists of two disjoint sets of vertices $V_i$ and…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-07-22 Doost Ali Mojdeh , Mohammad Reza Samadzadeh