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Algorithmic Aspects of Secure Connected Domination in Graphs
Let be a simple, undirected and connected graph. A connected
dominating set is a secure connected dominating set of , if
for each , there exists such that
and the set is a connected dominating set
of . The minimum size of a secure connected dominating set of denoted by
, is called the secure connected domination number of .
Given a graph and a positive integer the Secure Connected Domination
(SCDM) problem is to check whether has a secure connected dominating set
of size at most In this paper, we prove that the SCDM problem is
NP-complete for doubly chordal graphs, a subclass of chordal graphs. We
investigate the complexity of this problem for some subclasses of bipartite
graphs namely, star convex bipartite, comb convex bipartite, chordal bipartite
and chain graphs. The Minimum Secure Connected Dominating Set (MSCDS) problem
is to find a secure connected dominating set of minimum size in the input
graph. We propose a - approximation algorithm for MSCDS,
where is the maximum degree of the input graph and prove
that MSCDS cannot be approximated within for any unless even for
bipartite graphs. Finally, we show that the MSCDS is APX-complete for graphs
with
The VC-Dimension of Graphs with Respect to k-Connected Subgraphs
We study the VC-dimension of the set system on the vertex set of some graph
which is induced by the family of its -connected subgraphs. In particular,
we give tight upper and lower bounds for the VC-dimension. Moreover, we show
that computing the VC-dimension is -complete and that it remains
-complete for split graphs and for some subclasses of planar
bipartite graphs in the cases and . On the positive side, we
observe it can be decided in linear time for graphs of bounded clique-width
On Minimum Maximal Distance-k Matchings
We study the computational complexity of several problems connected with
finding a maximal distance- matching of minimum cardinality or minimum
weight in a given graph. We introduce the class of -equimatchable graphs
which is an edge analogue of -equipackable graphs. We prove that the
recognition of -equimatchable graphs is co-NP-complete for any fixed . We provide a simple characterization for the class of strongly chordal
graphs with equal -packing and -domination numbers. We also prove that
for any fixed integer the problem of finding a minimum weight
maximal distance- matching and the problem of finding a minimum weight
-independent dominating set cannot be approximated in polynomial
time in chordal graphs within a factor of unless
, where is a fixed constant (thereby
improving the NP-hardness result of Chang for the independent domination case).
Finally, we show the NP-hardness of the minimum maximal induced matching and
independent dominating set problems in large-girth planar graphs.Comment: 15 pages, 4 figure
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