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This paper delves into the stability of the $2$-domination number in simple undirected graphs. The $2$-domination number of a graph $G$, $\gamma_2(G)$, represents the minimum size of a vertex subset where every other vertex in the graph is…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-07-25 Mazharuddin Mehraban , Saeid Alikhani

A dominating (respectively, total dominating) set $S$ of a digraph $D$ is a set of vertices in $D$ such that the union of the closed (respectively, open) out-neighborhoods of vertices in $S$ equals the vertex set of $D$. The minimum size of…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2020-07-31 Boštjan Brešar , Kirsti Kuenzel , Douglas F. Rall

For $k \ge 1$ an integer, a set $S$ of vertices in a graph $G$ with minimum degree at least~$k-1$ is a $k$-tuple dominating set of $G$ if every vertex of $S$ is adjacent to at least $k-1$ vertices in $S$ and every vertex of $V(G) \setminus…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2018-08-14 M. A. Henning , Adel P. Kazemi

For a graph $G=(V,E)$, a double roman dominating function (DRDF) is a function $f : V \longrightarrow \{0, 1, 2,3\}$ having the property that if $f(v)=0$ for some vertex $v$, then $v$ has at least two neighbors assigned $2$ under $f$ or one…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-05-17 N. Jafari Rad , H. R. Maimani , M. Momeni , F. Rahimi Mahid

Given a graph $G=(V,E)$, $f:V \rightarrow \{0,1,2 \}$ is the Italian dominating function of $G$ if $f$ satisfies $\sum_{u \in N(v)}f(u) \geq 2$ when $f(v)=0$. Denote $w(f)=\sum_{v \in V}f(v)$ as the weight of $f$. Let…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-08-05 Decheng Wei , Changhong Lu

For graphs $G,H$ it is possible to add $(|V(G)|-\gamma(G))(|V(H)|-\gamma(H))$ edges to the Cartesian product $G\mathbin{\square}H$ such that a minimal dominating set $D$ of size $\gamma(G)\gamma(H)$ emerges. We hypothesize that $D$ is also…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-11-17 Allan van Hulst

Let $G$ be a connected graph of order $n$ with vertex set $V(G)$. A subset $S\subseteq V(G)$ is an $(a,b)$-dominating set if every vertex $v\in S$ is adjacent to at least $a$ vertices in $S$ and every $v\in V\setminus S$ is adjacent to at…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2018-03-13 Sharareh Alipour , Amir Jafari

The $k$-dominating graph $D_k(G)$ of a graph $G$ is defined on the vertex set consisting of dominating sets of $G$ with cardinality at most $k$, two such sets being adjacent if they differ by either adding or deleting a single vertex. A…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2016-04-26 Saeid Alikhani , Davood Fatehi , Sandi Klavžar

The total domination number $\gamma_{t}(G)$ of a graph $G$ is the cardinality of a smallest set $D\subseteq V(G)$ such that each vertex of $G$ has a neighbor in $D$. The annihilation number $a(G)$ of $G$ is the largest integer $k$ such that…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-04-26 Hongbo Hua , Xinying Hua , Sandi Klavžar , Kexiang Xu

The power domination problem focuses on finding the optimal placement of phase measurement units (PMUs) to monitor an electrical power network. In the context of graphs, the power domination number of a graph $G$, denoted $\gamma_P(G)$, is…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-09-09 Sarah E. Anderson , Kirsti Kuenzel

Let $G=(V,E)$ be a simple graph. For any integer $k\geq 1$, a subset of $V$ is called a $k$-tuple total dominating set of $G$ if every vertex in $V$ has at least $k$ neighbors in the set. The minimum cardinality of a minimal $k$-tuple total…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-08-06 Adel P. Kazemi

Let $ G $ be a graph with the vertex set $ V(G) $ and $ S $ be a subset of $ V(G) $. Let $cl(S)$ be the set of vertices built from $S$, by iteratively applying the following propagation rule: if a vertex and all of its neighbors except one…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-06-28 Najibeh Shahbaznejad , Adel P Kazemi , Ignacio M Pelayo

Given a graph $G$, a dominating set of $G$ is a set $S$ of vertices such that each vertex not in $S$ has a neighbor in $S$. The domination number of $G$, denoted $\gamma(G)$, is the minimum size of a dominating set of $G$. The independent…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2024-01-23 Eun-Kyung Cho , Ilkyoo Choi , Hyemin Kwon , Boram Park

Let $G$ be a connected graph of order $n$, whose minimum vertex degree is at least $k$. A subset $S$ of vertices in $G$ is a $k$-tuple total dominating set if every vertex of $G$ is adjacent to at least $k$ vertices in $S$. The minimum…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2018-01-23 Sharareh Alipour , Amir Jafari , Morteza Saghafian

A subset $D$ of vertices of a graph $G$ is a total dominating set if every vertex of $G$ is adjacent to at least one vertex of $D$. The total dominating set $D$ is called a total co-independent dominating set if the subgraph induced by…

Let $G=(V(G),E(G))$ be a simple graph. A restrained double Roman dominating function (RDRD-function) of $G$ is a function $f: V(G) \rightarrow \{0,1,2,3\}$ satisfying the following properties: if $f(v)=0$, then the vertex $v$ has at least…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-11-09 Zhipeng Gao , Changqing Xi , Jun Yue

A Roman dominating function of a graph $G=(V,E)$ is a labeling $f: V \rightarrow{} \{0 ,1, 2\}$ such that for each vertex $u \in V$ with $f(u) = 0$, there exists a vertex $v \in N(u)$ with $f(v) =2$. A Roman dominating function $f$ is a…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-01-15 Sangam Balchandar Reddy , Arun Kumar Das , Anjeneya Swami Kare , I. Vinod Reddy

We continue the study of restrained double Roman domination in graphs. For a graph $G=\big{(}V(G),E(G)\big{)}$, a double Roman dominating function $f$ is called a restrained double Roman dominating function (RDRD function) if the subgraph…

Given a graph $G=(V,E)$, $S\subseteq V$ is a dominating set if every $v\in V\setminus S$ is adjacent to an element of $S$. The Minimum Dominating Set problem asks for a dominating set with minimum cardinality. It is well known that its…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2020-02-28 Valentin Bouquet , François Delbot , Christophe Picouleau , Stéphane Rovedakis

A signed dominating function of graph $\Gamma$ is a function $g :V(\Gamma) \longrightarrow \{-1,1\}$ such that $\sum_{u \in N[v]}g(u) >0$ for each $v \in V(\Gamma)$. The signed domination number $\gamma_{_S}(\Gamma)$ is the minimum weight…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-10-10 Saeid Alikhani , Fatemeh Ramezani , Ebrahim Vatandoost