scholarly journals Collapsibility of Non-Cover Complexes of Graphs

10.37236/8684 ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ilkyoo Choi ◽  
Jinha Kim ◽  
Boram Park
Keyword(s):  
Simplicial Complex ◽  
Domination Number ◽  
Independent Set ◽  
Chordal Graphs ◽  
Alexander Dual ◽  
Vertex Set ◽  
Independence Complex ◽  
Independence Domination Number

Let $G$ be a graph on the vertex set $V$. A vertex subset $W \subseteq V$ is a cover of $G$ if $V \setminus W$ is an independent set of $G$, and $W$ is a non-cover of $G$ if $W$ is not a cover of $G$. The non-cover complex of $G$ is a simplicial complex on $V$ whose faces are non-covers of $G$. Then the non-cover complex of $G$ is the combinatorial Alexander dual of the independence complex of $G$. Aharoni asked if the non-cover complex of a graph $G$ without isolated vertices is $(|V(G)|-i\gamma(G)-1)$-collapsible where $i\gamma(G)$ denotes the independence domination number of $G$. Extending a result by the second author, who verified Aharoni's question in the affirmative for chordal graphs, we prove that the answer to the question is yes for all graphs.

Algorithmic Aspects of Outer-Independent Total Roman Domination in Graphs

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Amit Sharma ◽  
P. Venkata Subba Reddy
Keyword(s):  
Linear Time ◽  
Domination Number ◽  
Chordal Graphs ◽  
Roman Domination ◽  
Induced Subgraph ◽  
Bounded Treewidth ◽  
Roman Domination Number ◽  
Vertex Set ◽  
Roman Dominating Function ◽  
Domination In Graphs

For a simple, undirected graph [Formula: see text], a function [Formula: see text] which satisfies the following conditions is called an outer-independent total Roman dominating function (OITRDF) of [Formula: see text] with weight [Formula: see text]. (C1) For all [Formula: see text] with [Formula: see text] there exists a vertex [Formula: see text] such that [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text], (C2) The induced subgraph with vertex set [Formula: see text] has no isolated vertices and (C3) The induced subgraph with vertex set [Formula: see text] is independent. For a graph [Formula: see text], the smallest possible weight of an OITRDF of [Formula: see text] which is denoted by [Formula: see text], is known as the outer-independent total Roman domination number of [Formula: see text]. The problem of determining [Formula: see text] of a graph [Formula: see text] is called minimum outer-independent total Roman domination problem (MOITRDP). In this article, we show that the problem of deciding if [Formula: see text] has an OITRDF of weight at most [Formula: see text] for bipartite graphs and split graphs, a subclass of chordal graphs is NP-complete. We also show that MOITRDP is linear time solvable for connected threshold graphs and bounded treewidth graphs. Finally, we show that the domination and outer-independent total Roman domination problems are not equivalent in computational complexity aspects.

Algorithmic aspects of outer independent Roman domination in graphs

2021 ◽  
pp. 2250004
Author(s):  
Amit Sharma ◽  
Jakkepalli Pavan Kumar ◽  
P. Venkata Subba Reddy ◽  
S. Arumugam
Keyword(s):  
Linear Time ◽  
Domination Number ◽  
Independent Set ◽  
Chordal Graphs ◽  
Roman Domination ◽  
Roman Domination Number ◽  
Tree Width ◽  
Roman Dominating Function ◽  
Domination In Graphs ◽  
Dominating Function

Let [Formula: see text] be a connected graph. A function [Formula: see text] is called a Roman dominating function if every vertex [Formula: see text] with [Formula: see text] is adjacent to a vertex [Formula: see text] with [Formula: see text]. If further the set [Formula: see text] is an independent set, then [Formula: see text] is called an outer independent Roman dominating function (OIRDF). Let [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text]. Then [Formula: see text] is called the outer independent Roman domination number of [Formula: see text]. In this paper, we prove that the decision problem for [Formula: see text] is NP-complete for chordal graphs. We also show that [Formula: see text] is linear time solvable for threshold graphs and bounded tree width graphs. Moreover, we show that the domination and outer independent Roman domination problems are not equivalent in computational complexity aspects.

Independent Roman domination and 2-independence in trees

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (04) ◽  
pp. 1850052
Author(s):  
J. Amjadi ◽  
S. M. Sheikholeslami ◽  
M. Valinavaz ◽  
N. Dehgardi
Keyword(s):  
Independence Number ◽  
Minimum Weight ◽  
Domination Number ◽  
Independent Set ◽  
Roman Domination ◽  
Roman Domination Number ◽  
Vertex Set ◽  
Roman Dominating Function ◽  
Two Parameters ◽  
Dominating Function

Let [Formula: see text] be a simple graph with vertex set [Formula: see text] and edge set [Formula: see text]. A Roman dominating function on a graph [Formula: see text] is a function [Formula: see text] satisfying the condition that every vertex [Formula: see text] for which [Formula: see text] is adjacent to at least one vertex [Formula: see text] for which [Formula: see text]. A Roman dominating function [Formula: see text] is called an independent Roman dominating function if the set of all vertices with positive weights is an independent set. The weight of an independent Roman dominating function [Formula: see text] is the value [Formula: see text]. The independent Roman domination number of [Formula: see text], denoted by [Formula: see text], is the minimum weight of an independent Roman dominating function on [Formula: see text]. A subset [Formula: see text] of [Formula: see text] is a 2-independent set of [Formula: see text] if every vertex of [Formula: see text] has at most one neighbor in [Formula: see text]. The maximum cardinality of a 2-independent set of [Formula: see text] is the 2-independence number [Formula: see text]. These two parameters are incomparable in general, however, we show that for any tree [Formula: see text], [Formula: see text] and we characterize all trees attaining the equality.

Isolate Roman domination in graphs

2021 ◽  
pp. 2150131
Author(s):  
Davood Bakhshesh
Keyword(s):  
Minimum Weight ◽  
Domination Number ◽  
Chordal Graphs ◽  
Roman Domination ◽  
Roman Domination Number ◽  
Vertex Set ◽  
Roman Dominating Function ◽  
Np Complete ◽  
Domination In Graphs ◽  
Dominating Function

Let [Formula: see text] be a graph with the vertex set [Formula: see text]. A function [Formula: see text] is called a Roman dominating function of [Formula: see text], if every vertex [Formula: see text] with [Formula: see text] is adjacent to at least one vertex [Formula: see text] with [Formula: see text]. The weight of a Roman dominating function [Formula: see text] is equal to [Formula: see text]. The minimum weight of a Roman dominating function of [Formula: see text] is called the Roman domination number of [Formula: see text], denoted by [Formula: see text]. In this paper, we initiate the study of a variant of Roman dominating functions. A function [Formula: see text] is called an isolate Roman dominating function of [Formula: see text], if [Formula: see text] is a Roman dominating function and there is a vertex [Formula: see text] with [Formula: see text] which is not adjacent to any vertex [Formula: see text] with [Formula: see text]. The minimum weight of an isolate Roman dominating function of [Formula: see text] is called the isolate Roman domination number of [Formula: see text], denoted by [Formula: see text]. We present some upper bound on the isolate Roman domination number of a graph [Formula: see text] in terms of its Roman domination number and its domination number. Moreover, we present some classes of graphs [Formula: see text] with [Formula: see text]. Finally, we show that the decision problem associated with the isolate Roman dominating functions is NP-complete for bipartite graphs and chordal graphs.

On Dominating Sets and Independent Sets of Graphs

1999 ◽  
Vol 8 (6) ◽  
pp. 547-553 ◽  
Author(s):  
JOCHEN HARANT ◽  
ANJA PRUCHNEWSKI ◽  
MARGIT VOIGT
Keyword(s):  
Upper Bound ◽  
Maximum Degree ◽  
Dominating Set ◽  
Domination Number ◽  
Independent Set ◽  
Dominating Sets ◽  
Integral Vector ◽  
Vertex Set ◽  
Usual Concept ◽  
Dimensional Cube

For a graph G on vertex set V = {1, …, n} let k = (k1, …, kn) be an integral vector such that 1 [les ] ki [les ] di for i ∈ V, where di is the degree of the vertex i in G. A k-dominating set is a set Dk ⊆ V such that every vertex i ∈ V[setmn ]Dk has at least ki neighbours in Dk. The k-domination number γk(G) of G is the cardinality of a smallest k-dominating set of G.For k1 = · · · = kn = 1, k-domination corresponds to the usual concept of domination. Our approach yields an improvement of an upper bound for the domination number found by N. Alon and J. H. Spencer.If ki = di for i = 1, …, n, then the notion of k-dominating set corresponds to the complement of an independent set. A function fk(p) is defined, and it will be proved that γk(G) = min fk(p), where the minimum is taken over the n-dimensional cube Cn = {p = (p1, …, pn) [mid ] pi ∈ ℝ, 0 [les ] pi [les ] 1, i = 1, …, n}. An [Oscr ](Δ22Δn-algorithm is presented, where Δ is the maximum degree of G, with INPUT: p ∈ Cn and OUTPUT: a k-dominating set Dk of G with [mid ]Dk[mid ][les ]fk(p).

scholarly journals Subexponential Parameterized Algorithms and Kernelization on Almost Chordal Graphs

Algorithmica ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fedor V. Fomin ◽  
Petr A. Golovach
Keyword(s):  
Optimization Problems ◽  
Minimum Weight ◽  
Maximum Clique ◽  
Independent Set ◽  
Chordal Graph ◽  
Chordal Graphs ◽  
Graph Class ◽  
Vertex Set ◽  
Turing Kernelization ◽  
Optimal Graph

AbstractWe study algorithmic properties of the graph class $${\textsc {Chordal}}{-ke}$$ C H O R D A L - k e , that is, graphs that can be turned into a chordal graph by adding at most k edges or, equivalently, the class of graphs of fill-in at most k. It appears that a number of fundamental intractable optimization problems being parameterized by k admit subexponential algorithms on graphs from $${\textsc {Chordal}}{-ke}$$ C H O R D A L - k e . More precisely, we identify a large class of optimization problems on $${\textsc {Chordal}}{-ke}$$ C H O R D A L - k e solvable in time $$2^{{\mathcal{O}}(\sqrt{k}\log k)}\cdot n^{{\mathcal{O}}(1)}$$ 2 O ( k log k ) · n O ( 1 ) . Examples of the problems from this class are finding an independent set of maximum weight, finding a feedback vertex set or an odd cycle transversal of minimum weight, or the problem of finding a maximum induced planar subgraph. On the other hand, we show that for some fundamental optimization problems, like finding an optimal graph coloring or finding a maximum clique, are FPT on $${\textsc {Chordal}}{-ke}$$ C H O R D A L - k e when parameterized by k but do not admit subexponential in k algorithms unless ETH fails. Besides subexponential time algorithms, the class of $${\textsc {Chordal}}{-ke}$$ C H O R D A L - k e graphs appears to be appealing from the perspective of kernelization (with parameter k). While it is possible to show that most of the weighted variants of optimization problems do not admit polynomial in k kernels on $${\textsc {Chordal}}{-ke}$$ C H O R D A L - k e graphs, this does not exclude the existence of Turing kernelization and kernelization for unweighted graphs. In particular, we construct a polynomial Turing kernel for Weighted Clique on $${\textsc {Chordal}}{-ke}$$ C H O R D A L - k e graphs. For (unweighted) Independent Set we design polynomial kernels on two interesting subclasses of $${\textsc {Chordal}}{-ke}$$ C H O R D A L - k e , namely, $${\textsc {Interval}}{-ke}$$ I N T E R V A L - k e and $${\textsc {Split}}{-ke}$$ S P L I T - k e graphs.

scholarly journals Dominating Cocoloring of Graphs

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 2545-2547
Keyword(s):  
Chromatic Number ◽  
Dominating Set ◽  
Domination Number ◽  
Independent Set ◽  
Minimum Cardinality ◽  
Vertex Set ◽  
Cochromatic Number

A -cocolouring of a graph is a partition of the vertex set into subsets such that each set induces either a clique or an independent set in . The cochromatic number of a graph is the least such that has a -cocolouring of . A set is a dominating set of if for each , there exists a vertex such that is adjacent to . The minimum cardinality of a dominating set in is called the domination number and is denoted by . Combining these two concepts we have introduces two new types of cocoloring viz, dominating cocoloring and -cocoloring. A dominating cocoloring of is a cocoloring of such that atleast one of the sets in the partition is a dominating set. Hence dominating cocoloring is a conditional cocoloring. The dominating co-chromatic number is the smallest cardinality of a dominating cocoloring of .(ie) has a dominating cocoloring with -colors .

scholarly journals Quadruple Roman Domination in Trees

Symmetry ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (8) ◽  
pp. 1318
Author(s):  
Zheng Kou ◽  
Saeed Kosari ◽  
Guoliang Hao ◽  
Jafar Amjadi ◽  
Nesa Khalili
Keyword(s):  
Open Neighborhood ◽  
Minimum Weight ◽  
Domination Number ◽  
Theoretical Computer Science ◽  
Upper And Lower Bounds ◽  
Discrete Mathematics ◽  
Roman Domination ◽  
Roman Domination Number ◽  
Vertex Set ◽  
Roman Dominating Function

This paper is devoted to the study of the quadruple Roman domination in trees, and it is a contribution to the Special Issue “Theoretical computer science and discrete mathematics” of Symmetry. For any positive integer k, a [k]-Roman dominating function ([k]-RDF) of a simple graph G is a function from the vertex set V of G to the set {0,1,2,…,k+1} if for any vertex u∈V with f(u)<k, ∑x∈N(u)∪{u}f(x)≥|{x∈N(u):f(x)≥1}|+k, where N(u) is the open neighborhood of u. The weight of a [k]-RDF is the value Σv∈Vf(v). The minimum weight of a [k]-RDF is called the [k]-Roman domination number γ[kR](G) of G. In this paper, we establish sharp upper and lower bounds on γ[4R](T) for nontrivial trees T and characterize extremal trees.

Roman domination and 2-independence in trees

2017 ◽  
Vol 09 (02) ◽  
pp. 1750023 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nacéra Meddah ◽  
Mustapha Chellali
Keyword(s):  
Independence Number ◽  
Minimum Weight ◽  
Domination Number ◽  
Independent Set ◽  
Maximum Cardinality ◽  
Roman Domination ◽  
Roman Domination Number ◽  
Number Formula ◽  
Sum Formula ◽  
Roman Dominating Function

A Roman dominating function (RDF) on a graph [Formula: see text] is a function [Formula: see text] satisfying the condition that every vertex [Formula: see text] with [Formula: see text] is adjacent to at least one vertex [Formula: see text] of [Formula: see text] for which [Formula: see text]. The weight of a RDF is the sum [Formula: see text], and the minimum weight of a RDF [Formula: see text] is the Roman domination number [Formula: see text]. A subset [Formula: see text] of [Formula: see text] is a [Formula: see text]-independent set of [Formula: see text] if every vertex of [Formula: see text] has at most one neighbor in [Formula: see text] The maximum cardinality of a [Formula: see text]-independent set of [Formula: see text] is the [Formula: see text]-independence number [Formula: see text] Both parameters are incomparable in general, however, we show that if [Formula: see text] is a tree, then [Formula: see text]. Moreover, all extremal trees attaining equality are characterized.

scholarly journals Bipartite graphs with close domination and k-domination numbers

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 873-885
Author(s):  
Gülnaz Boruzanlı Ekinci ◽  
Csilla Bujtás
Keyword(s):  
Positive Integer ◽  
Dominating Set ◽  
Domination Number ◽  
Bipartite Graphs ◽  
Sufficient Condition ◽  
Necessary And Sufficient Condition ◽  
Minimum Cardinality ◽  
Vertex Set ◽  
Necessary And Sufficient ◽  
The Given

Abstract Let k be a positive integer and let G be a graph with vertex set V(G) . A subset D\subseteq V(G) is a k -dominating set if every vertex outside D is adjacent to at least k vertices in D . The k -domination number {\gamma }_{k}(G) is the minimum cardinality of a k -dominating set in G . For any graph G , we know that {\gamma }_{k}(G)\ge \gamma (G)+k-2 where \text{&#x0394;}(G)\ge k\ge 2 and this bound is sharp for every k\ge 2 . In this paper, we characterize bipartite graphs satisfying the equality for k\ge 3 and present a necessary and sufficient condition for a bipartite graph to satisfy the equality hereditarily when k=3 . We also prove that the problem of deciding whether a graph satisfies the given equality is NP-hard in general.

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