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In the Independent set problem, the input is a graph $G$, every vertex has a non-negative integer weight, and the task is to find a set $S$ of pairwise non-adjacent vertices, maximizing the total weight of the vertices in $S$. We give an…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2015-09-02 Daniel Lokshtanov , Marcin Pilipczuk , Erik Jan van Leeuwen

Let $G$ be a connected graph. A non-empty $T\subseteq V(G)$ is a $2$-\textit{movable total dominating set} of $G$ if $T$ is a total dominating set and for every pair $x,y \in T$, $T \backslash \{x, y\}$ is a total dominating set in $G$, or…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-08-18 Ariel C. Pedrano , Rolando N. Paluga

A dominating set $S$ of a graph $G(V,E)$ is called a \textit{secure dominating set} if each vertex $u \in V(G) \setminus S$ is adjacent to a vertex $v \in S$ such that $(S \setminus \{v\}) \cup \{u\}$ is a dominating set of $G$. The…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2026-05-25 Swathi D , N Sadagopan

Let $k \in \mathbb{N}$ and let $G$ be a graph. A function $f: V(G) \rightarrow 2^{[k]}$ is a rainbow function if, for every vertex $x$ with $f(x)=\emptyset$, $f(N(x)) =[k]$. The rainbow domination number $\gamma_{kr}(G)$ is the minimum of…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2015-02-27 Wing-Kai Hon , Ton Kloks , Hsian-Hsuan Liu , Hung-Lung Wang

Let $G = (V,E)$ be a simple, undirected and connected graph. A connected (total) dominating set $S \subseteq V$ is a secure connected (total) dominating set of $G$, if for each $ u \in V \setminus S$, there exists $v \in S$ such that $uv…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2020-02-06 Jakkepalli Pavan Kumar , P. Venkata Subba Reddy , S. Arumugam

Let $G$ be a graph and let $S\subseteq V(G)$. The set $S$ is a double outer-independent dominating set of $G$ if $|N[v]\cap D|\geq2$, for all $v\in V(G)$, and $V(G)\setminus S$ is independent. Similarly, $S$ is a $2$-outer-independent…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-03-26 Doost Ali Mojdeh , Iztok Peterin , Babak Samadi , Ismael G. Yero

For $c\in \mathbb{R}^{+}\cup \{\infty \}$ and a graph $G$, a function $f:V(G)\rightarrow \{0,1,c\}$ is called a $c$-self dominating function of $G$ if for every vertex $u\in V(G)$, $f(u)\geq c$ or $\max\{f(v):v\in N_{G}(u)\}\geq 1$ where…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-06-28 Michitaka Furuya , Tamae Kawasaki

A set $D \subseteq V(G)$ is a \emph{total dominating set} of $G$ if for every vertex $v \in V(G)$ there exists a vertex $u \in D$ such that $u$ and $v$ are adjacent. A total dominating set of $G$ of minimum cardinality is called a…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2015-02-19 Cong X. Kang

For a graph $G=(V(G),E(G))$, an Italian dominating function (ID function) of $G$ is a function $f:V(G)\rightarrow \{0,1,2\}$ such that for each vertex $v\in V(G)$ with $f(v)=0$, $f(N(v))\geq2$, that is, either there is a vertex $u \in N(v)$…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2021-08-25 Abdollah Khodkar , Doost Ali Mojdeh , Babak Samadi , Ismael G. Yero

A dominating set of a graph $G$ is a set $S \subseteq V(G)$ such that every vertex in $V(G) \setminus S$ has a neighbor in $S$, where two vertices are neighbors if they are adjacent. A secure dominating set of $G$ is a dominating set $S$ of…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-07-16 Uttam K. Gupta , Michael A. Henning , Paras Vinubhai Maniya , Dinabandhu Pradhan

A dominating set of a graph $G$ is a set $D$ of vertices of $G$ such that every vertex outside $D$ is adjacent to a vertex in $D$. A locating-dominating set of $G$ is a dominating set $D$ of $G$ with the additional property that every two…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2016-01-20 Florent Foucaud , Michael A. Henning

The idea of enumeration algorithms with polynomial delay is to polynomially bound the running time between any two subsequent solutions output by the enumeration algorithm. While it is open for more than four decades if all minimal…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2023-09-14 Henning Fernau , Kevin Mann

Given a graph $G=(V(G), E(G))$, the size of a minimum dominating set, minimum paired dominating set, and a minimum total dominating set of a graph $G$ are denoted by $\gamma(G)$, $\gamma_{\rm pr}(G)$, and $\gamma_{t}(G)$, respectively. For…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2019-11-12 Magda Dettlaff , Didem Gözüpek , Joanna Raczek

An independent dominating set D of a graph G = (V,E) is a subset of vertices such that every vertex in V \ D has at least one neighbor in D and D is an independent set, i.e. no two vertices of D are adjacent in G. Finding a minimum…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2010-09-08 Serge Gaspers , Mathieu Liedloff

The {\em independent domination number} $\gamma^i(G)$ of a graph $G$ is the maximum, over all independent sets $I$, of the minimal number of vertices needed to dominate $I$. It is known \cite{abz} that in chordal graphs $\gamma^i$ is equal…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2017-09-29 Ron Aharoni , Irina Gorelik

For a sequence $d$ of non-negative integers, let ${\cal G}(d)$ and ${\cal F}(d)$ be the sets of all graphs and forests with degree sequence $d$, respectively. Let $\gamma_{\min}(d)=\min\{ \gamma(G):G\in {\cal G}(d)\}$,…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2015-07-17 Michael Gentner , Michael A. Henning , Dieter Rautenbach

Given a positive integer $k$, a $k$-dominating set in a graph $G$ is a set of vertices such that every vertex not in the set has at least $k$ neighbors in the set. A total $k$-dominating set, also known as a $k$-tuple total dominating set,…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2018-07-25 Nina Chiarelli , Tatiana Romina Hartinger , Valeria Alejandra Leoni , Maria Inés Lopez Pujato , Martin Milanič

Let $G$ be a connected graph. A non-empty $S\subseteq V(G)$ is a $2$-movable dominating set of $G$ if $S$ is a dominating set and for every pair $x,y \in S$, $S\backslash \{x, y\}$ is a dominating set in $G$, or there exist $u, v \in V(G)…

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2025-09-09 Ariel C. Pedrano , Rolando N. Paluga

A non-empty set $S\subseteq V (G)$ of the simple graph $G=(V(G),E(G))$ is an independent dominating set of $G$ if every vertex not in $S$ is adjacent with some vertex in $S$ and the vertices of $S$ are pairwise non-adjacent. The independent…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-03-04 M. Mehraban , S. Alikhani

For a graph $G=(V,E)$, a set $D \subseteq V$ is called a semitotal dominating set of $G$ if $D$ is a dominating set of $G$, and every vertex in $D$ is within distance~$2$ of another vertex of~$D$. The \textsc{Minimum Semitotal Domination}…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2017-11-30 Michael A. Henning , Arti Pandey