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The power dominating set (PDS) problem is the following extension of the well-known dominating set problem: find a smallest-size set of nodes $S$ that power dominates all the nodes, where a node $v$ is power dominated if (1) $v$ is in $S$…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2007-10-12 Ashkan Aazami , Michael D. Stilp

Sensors called phasor measurement units (PMUs) are used to monitor the electric power network. The power domination problem seeks to minimize the number of PMUs needed to monitor the network. We extend the power domination problem and…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-12-13 Beth Bjorkman , Esther Conrad , Mary Flagg

Sensors called phasor measurement units (PMUs) are used to monitor the electric power network. The power domination problem seeks to minimize the number of PMUs needed to monitor the network. We extend the power domination problem and…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-05-24 Beth Bjorkman , Esther Conrad

Phasor Measurement Units (PMUs) are placed at strategic vertices in an electrical power network to monitor the flow of power. Determining the minimum number and optimal placement of PMUs is modeled by the graph theoretic process called…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-05-27 Johnathan Koch , Beth Bjorkman

To monitor electrical activity throughout the power grid and mitigate outages, sensors known as phasor measurement units can installed. Due to implementation costs, it is desirable to minimize the number of sensors deployed while ensuring…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-06-08 Logan A. Smith , Illya V. Hicks

We introduce a hierarchy of problems between the \textsc{Dominating Set} problem and the \textsc{Power Dominating Set} (PDS) problem called the $\ell$-round power dominating set ($\ell$-round PDS, for short) problem. For $\ell=1$, this is…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2008-02-18 Ashkan Aazami

In this paper, we study the minimum dominating set (MDS) problem and the minimum total dominating set MTDS) problem which have many applications in real world. We propose a new idea to compute approximate MDS and MTDS. Next, we give an…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2021-03-16 Sharareh Alipour , Mohammadhadi Salari

Power domination in graphs arises from the problem of monitoring an electric power system by placing as few measurement devices in the system as possible. A power dominating set of a graph is a set of vertices that observes every vertex in…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2017-11-15 Chassidy Bozeman , Boris Brimkov , Craig Erickson , Daniela Ferrero , Mary Flagg , Leslie Hogben

The power domination problem seeks to determine the minimum number of phasor measurement units (PMUs) needed to monitor an electric power network. We introduce random sensor failure before the power domination process occurs and call this…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-12-20 Beth Bjorkman , Zachary Brennan , Mary Flagg , Johnathan Koch

This paper investigates a combinatorial optimization problem motived from a secure power network design application in [D\'{a}n and Sandberg 2010]. Two equivalent graph optimization formulations are derived. One of the formulations is a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-02-28 Kin Cheong Sou , Jie Lu

The Minimum Dominating Set (MDS) problem is a well-established combinatorial optimization problem with numerous real-world applications. Its NP-hard nature makes it increasingly difficult to obtain exact solutions as the graph size grows.…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-08-26 Enqiang Zhu , Qiqi Bao , Yu Zhang , Pu Wu , Chanjuan Liu

The study of power domination in graphs arises from the problem of placing a minimum number of measurement devices in an electrical network while monitoring the entire network. A power dominating set of a graph is a set of vertices from…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2017-12-08 Boris Brimkov , Derek Mikesell , Logan Smith

Given a dominating set, how much smaller a dominating set can we find through elementary operations? Here, we proceed by iterative vertex addition and removal while maintaining the property that the set forms a dominating set of bounded…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2020-05-06 Alexandre Blanché , Haruka Mizuta , Paul Ouvrard , Akira Suzuki

Power domination is a graph theoretic model which captures how phasor measurement units (PMUs) can be used to monitor a power grid. Fragile power domination takes into account the fact that PMUs may break or otherwise fail. In this model,…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-07-22 Beth Bjorkman , Sean English , Johnathan Koch , Amanda Verga

Dealing with the NP-complete Dominating Set problem on undirected graphs, we demonstrate the power of data reduction by preprocessing from a theoretical as well as a practical side. In particular, we prove that Dominating Set restricted to…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2007-05-23 Jochen Alber , Michael R. Fellows , Rolf Niedermeier

Dominating set problems are among the most important class of combinatorial problems in graph optimization, from a theoretical as well as from a practical point of view. In this paper, we address the recently introduced (minimum) weighted…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-10-09 Eduardo Álvarez-Miranda , Markus Sinnl

Given a graph, the minimum dominating set (MinDS) problem is to identify a smallest set $D$ of vertices such that every vertex not in $D$ is adjacent to at least one vertex in $D$. The MinDS problem is a classic $\mathcal{NP}$-hard problem…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2023-08-01 Enqiang Zhu , Yu Zhang , Shengzhi Wang , Darren Strash , Chanjuan Liu

In this paper we study a maximization version of the classical Edge Dominating Set (EDS) problem, namely, the Upper EDS problem, in the realm of Parameterized Complexity. In this problem, given an undirected graph $G$, a positive integer…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-08-05 Ajinkya Gaikwad , Soumen Maity

We consider structural parameterizations of the fundamental Dominating Set problem and its variants in the parameter ecology program. We give improved FPT algorithms and lower bounds under well-known conjectures for dominating set in graphs…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-05-20 Dishant Goyal , Ashwin Jacob , Kaushtubh Kumar , Diptapriyo Majumdar , Venkatesh Raman

A dominating set $D$ of a graph $G$ is a set of vertices such that any vertex in $G$ is in $D$ or its neighbor is in $D$. Enumeration of minimal dominating sets in a graph is one of central problems in enumeration study since enumeration of…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-09-23 Kazuhiro Kurita , Kunihiro Wasa , Hiroki Arimura , Takeaki Uno
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