On the Jha/Pradhan/Banerjee algorithm for the secure domination number of cographs

Jha, Pradhan, and Banerjee devised a linear algorithm to compute the secure domination number of a cograph. Here it is shown that their Lemma~2, which is crucial for the computational complexity of the algorithm, is incomplete. An accordingly modified lemma is proved and it is demonstrated that the complexity of the modified algorithm remains linear

A Note on Roman \{2\}-domination problem in graphs

For a graph $G=(V,E)$, a Roman $\{2\}$-dominating function (R2DF)$f:V\rightarrow \{0,1,2\}$ has the property that for every vertex $v\in V$ with $f(v)=0$, either there exists a neighbor $u\in N(v)$, with $f(u)=2$, or at least two neighbors $x,y\in N(v)$ having $f(x)=f(y)=1$. The weight of a R2DF is the sum $f(V)=\sum_{v\in V}{f(v)}$, and the minimum weight of a R2DF is the Roman $\{2\}$-domination number $\gamma_{\{R2\}}(G)$. A R2DF is independent if the set of vertices having positive function values is an independent set. The independent Roman $\{2\}$-domination number $i_{\{R2\}}(G)$ is the minimum weight of an independent Roman $\{2\}$-dominating function on $G$. In this paper, we show that the decision problem associated with $\gamma_{\{R2\}}(G)$ is NP-complete even when restricted to split graphs. We design a linear time algorithm for computing the value of $i_{\{R2\}}(T)$ for any tree $T$. This answers an open problem raised by Rahmouni and Chellali [Independent Roman $\{2\}$-domination in graphs, Discrete Applied Mathematics 236 (2018), 408-414]. Chellali, Haynes, Hedetniemi and McRae \cite{chellali2016roman} have showed that Roman $\{2\}$-domination number can be computed for the class of trees in linear time. As a generalization, we present a linear time algorithm for solving the Roman $\{2\}$-domination problem in block graphs