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Protecting a Graph with Mobile Guards
Mobile guards on the vertices of a graph are used to defend it against
attacks on either its vertices or its edges. Various models for this problem
have been proposed. In this survey we describe a number of these models with
particular attention to the case when the attack sequence is infinitely long
and the guards must induce some particular configuration before each attack,
such as a dominating set or a vertex cover. Results from the literature
concerning the number of guards needed to successfully defend a graph in each
of these problems are surveyed.Comment: 29 pages, two figures, surve
Semitotal domination in trees
In this paper, we study a parameter that is squeezed between arguably the two
important domination parameters, namely the domination number, , and
the total domination number, . A set of vertices in is a
semitotal dominating set of if it is a dominating set of and every
vertex in S is within distance of another vertex of . The semitotal
domination number, , is the minimum cardinality of a semitotal
dominating set of . We observe that . In this paper, we give a lower bound for the semitotal domination
number of trees and we characterize the extremal trees. In addition, we
characterize trees with equal domination and semitotal domination numbers.Comment: revise
Distances and Domination in Graphs
This book presents a compendium of the 10 articles published in the recent Special Issue “Distance and Domination in Graphs”. The works appearing herein deal with several topics on graph theory that relate to the metric and dominating properties of graphs. The topics of the gathered publications deal with some new open lines of investigations that cover not only graphs, but also digraphs. Different variations in dominating sets or resolving sets are appearing, and a review on some networks’ curvatures is also present
Secure domination number of -subdivision of graphs
Let be a simple graph. A dominating set of is a subset
such that every vertex not in is adjacent to at least one
vertex in . The cardinality of a smallest dominating set of , denoted by
, is the domination number of . A dominating set is called a
secure dominating set of , if for every , there exists a vertex
such that and is a dominating set of
. The cardinality of a smallest secure dominating set of , denoted by
, is the secure domination number of . For any , the -subdivision of is a simple graph
which is constructed by replacing each edge of with a path of length .
In this paper, we study the secure domination number of -subdivision of .Comment: 10 Pages, 8 Figure
Total protection in graphs
Suposem que una o diverses entitats estan situades en alguns dels vèrtexs d'un graf simple, i que una entitat situada
en un vèrtex es pot ocupar d'un problema en qualsevol vèrtex del seu entorn tancat. En general, una entitat pot
consistir en un robot, un observador, una legió, un guàrdia, etc. Informalment, diem que un graf està protegit sota una
determinada ubicació d'entitats si hi ha almenys una entitat disponible per tractar un problema en qualsevol vèrtex.
S'han considerat diverses estratègies (o regles d'ubicació d'entitats), sota cadascuna de les quals el graf es considera
protegit. Aquestes estratègies de protecció de grafs s'emmarquen en la teoria de la dominació en grafs, o en la teoria
de la dominació segura en grafs.
En aquesta tesi, introduïm l'estudi de la w-dominació (segura) en grafs, el qual és un enfocament unificat a la idea de
protecció de grafs, i que engloba variants conegudes de dominació (segura) en grafs i introdueix de noves.
La tesi està estructurada com un compendi de deu articles, els quals han estat publicats en revistes indexades en el
JCR. El primer està dedicat a l'estudi de la w-dominació, el cinquè a l'estudi de la w-dominació segura, mentre que els
altres treballs estan dedicats a casos particulars d'estratègies de protecció total. Com és d'esperar, el nombre mínim
d'entitats necessàries per a la protecció sota cada estratègia és d'interès. En general, s'obtenen fórmules tancades o
fites ajustades sobre els paràmetres estudiats.Supongamos que una o varias entidades están situadas en algunos de los vértices de un grafo simple y que una
entidad situada en un vértice puede ocuparse de un problema en cualquier vértice de su vecindad cerrada. En general,
una entidad puede consistir en un robot, un observador, una legión, un guardia, etc. Informalmente, decimos que un
grafo está protegido bajo una determinada ubicación de entidades si existe al menos una entidad disponible para tratar
un problema en cualquier vértice. Se han considerado varias estrategias (o reglas de ubicación de entidades), bajo
cada una de las cuales el grafo se considera protegido. Estas estrategias de protección de grafos se enmarcan en la
teoría de la dominación en grafos, o en la teoría de la dominación segura en grafos.
En esta tesis, introducimos el estudio de la w-dominación (segura) en grafos, el cual es un enfoque unificado a la idea
de protección de grafos, y que engloba variantes conocidas de dominación (segura) en grafos e introduce otras
nuevas. La tesis está estructurada como un compendio de diez artículos, los cuales han sido publicados en revistas
indexadas en el JCR. El primero está dedicado al estudio de la w-dominación, el quinto al estudio de la w-dominación
segura, mientras que los demás trabajos están dedicados a casos particulares de estrategias de protección total.
Como es de esperar, el número mínimo de entidades necesarias para la protección bajo cada estrategia es de interés.
En general, se obtienen fórmulas cerradas o cotas ajustadas sobre los parámetros estudiadosSuppose that one or more entities are stationed at some of the vertices of a simple graph and that an entity at a vertex
can deal with a problem at any vertex in its closed neighbourhood. In general, an entity could consist of a robot, an
observer, a legion, a guard, and so on. Informally, we say that a graph is protected under a given placement of
entities if there exists at least one entity available to handle a problem at any vertex. Various strategies (or rules for
entities placements) have been considered, under each of which the graph is deemed protected. These strategies for
the protection of graphs are framed within the theory of domination in graphs, or in the theory of secure domination in
graphs.
In this thesis, we introduce the study of (secure) w-domination in graphs, which is a unified approach to the idea of
protection of graphs, that encompasses known variants of (secure) domination in graphs and introduces new ones.
The thesis is structured as a compendium of ten papers which have been published in JCR-indexed journals. The first
one is devoted to the study of w-domination, the fifth one is devoted to the study of secure w-domination, while the
other papers are devoted to particular cases of total protection strategies. As we can expect, the minimum number of
entities required for protection under each strategy is of interest. In general, we obtain closed formulas or tight bounds
on the studied parameters
Trees with Unique Italian Dominating Functions of Minimum Weight
An Italian dominating function, abbreviated IDF, of is a function satisfying the condition that for every vertex with , we have . That is, either is adjacent to at least one vertex with , or to at least two vertices and with . The Italian domination number, denoted (G), is the minimum weight of an IDF in . In this thesis, we use operations that join two trees with a single edge in order to build trees with unique -functions
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