scholarly journals Computing the zero forcing number for generalized Petersen graphs

Author(s):  
Saeedeh RASHİDİ ◽  
Nosratollah SHAJAREH POURSALAVATI ◽  
Maryam TAVAKKOLI
2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 56-67
Author(s):  
Joseph S. Alameda ◽  
Emelie Curl ◽  
Armando Grez ◽  
Leslie Hogben ◽  
O’Neill Kingston ◽  
...  

Abstract The maximum nullity of a simple graph G, denoted M(G), is the largest possible nullity over all symmetric real matrices whose ijth entry is nonzero exactly when fi, jg is an edge in G for i =6 j, and the iith entry is any real number. The zero forcing number of a simple graph G, denoted Z(G), is the minimum number of blue vertices needed to force all vertices of the graph blue by applying the color change rule. This research is motivated by the longstanding question of characterizing graphs G for which M(G) = Z(G). The following conjecture was proposed at the 2017 AIM workshop Zero forcing and its applications: If G is a bipartite 3- semiregular graph, then M(G) = Z(G). A counterexample was found by J. C.-H. Lin but questions remained as to which bipartite 3-semiregular graphs have M(G) = Z(G). We use various tools to find bipartite families of graphs with regularity properties for which the maximum nullity is equal to the zero forcing number; most are bipartite 3-semiregular. In particular, we use the techniques of twinning and vertex sums to form new families of graphs for which M(G) = Z(G) and we additionally establish M(G) = Z(G) for certain Generalized Petersen graphs.


2020 ◽  
Vol 39 (3) ◽  
pp. 3873-3882
Author(s):  
Asefeh Karbasioun ◽  
R. Ameri

We introduce and study forcing number for fuzzy graphs. Also, we compute zero forcing numbers for some classes of graphs and extend this concept to fuzzy graphs. In this regard we obtain upper bounds for zero forcing of some classes of fuzzy graphs. We will proceed to obtain a new algorithm to computing zero forcing set and finding a formula for zero forcing number, and by some examples we illustrate these notions. Finally, we introduce some applications of fuzzy zero forcing in medical treatments.


2018 ◽  
Vol 68 (7) ◽  
pp. 1424-1433 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xinlei Wang ◽  
Dein Wong ◽  
Yuanshuai Zhang

2015 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 147-167 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adam Berliner ◽  
Cora Brown ◽  
Joshua Carlson ◽  
Nathanael Cox ◽  
Leslie Hogben ◽  
...  

2018 ◽  
Vol 250 ◽  
pp. 363-367 ◽  
Author(s):  
Randy Davila ◽  
Thomas Kalinowski ◽  
Sudeep Stephen

Mathematics ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 354
Author(s):  
Gu-Fang Mou ◽  
Tian-Fei Wang ◽  
Zhong-Shan Li

For an m × n sign pattern P, we define a signed bipartite graph B ( U , V ) with one set of vertices U = { 1 , 2 , … , m } based on rows of P and the other set of vertices V = { 1 ′ , 2 ′ , … , n ′ } based on columns of P. The zero forcing number is an important graph parameter that has been used to study the minimum rank problem of a matrix. In this paper, we introduce a new variant of zero forcing set−bipartite zero forcing set and provide an algorithm for computing the bipartite zero forcing number. The bipartite zero forcing number provides an upper bound for the maximum nullity of a square full sign pattern P. One advantage of the bipartite zero forcing is that it can be applied to study the minimum rank problem for a non-square full sign pattern.


2019 ◽  
Vol 358 ◽  
pp. 305-313 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlos A. Alfaro ◽  
Jephian C.-H. Lin

2020 ◽  
Vol 284 ◽  
pp. 179-194
Author(s):  
Meysam Alishahi ◽  
Elahe Rezaei-Sani ◽  
Elahe Sharifi

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