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On minimum dominating sets with minimum intersection
AbstractIn the developing theory of polynomial/linear algorithms for various problems on certain classes of graphs, most problems considered have involved either finding a single vertex set with a specified property (such as being a minimum dominating set) or finding a partition of the vertex set into such sets (for example, a partition into the maximum possible number of dominating sets). Alternatively, one might be interested in the cardinality of the set or the partition. In this paper we introduce an intermediate type of problem. Specifically, we ask for two minimum dominating sets with minimum intersection. We present a linear algorithm for finding two minimum dominating sets with minimum possible intersection in a tree T, and we show that simply determining whether or not there exist two disjoint minimum dominating sets is NP-hard for arbitrary bipartile graphs
Independent transversal total domination versus total domination in trees
A subset of vertices in a graph G is a total dominating set if every vertex in G is adjacent to at least one vertex in this subset. The total domination number of G is the minimum cardinality of any total dominating set in G and is denoted by gamma(t)(G). A total dominating set of G having nonempty intersection with all the independent sets of maximum cardinality in G is an independent transversal total dominating set. The minimum cardinality of any independent transversal total dominating set is denoted by gamma(u) (G). Based on the fact that for any tree T, gamma(t) (T) <= gamma(u) (T) <= gamma(t) (T) + 1, in this work we give several relationship(s) between gamma(u) (T) and gamma(t) (T) for trees T which are leading to classify the trees which are satisfying the equality in these bound
A PTAS for the minimum dominating set problem in unit disk graphs
We present a polynomial-time approximation scheme (PTAS) for the minimum dominating set problem in unit disk graphs. In contrast to previously known approximation schemes for the minimum dominating set problem on unit disk graphs, our approach does not assume a geometric representation of the vertices (specifying the positions of the disks in the plane) to be given as part of the input. \u
Efficient and Perfect domination on circular-arc graphs
Given a graph , a \emph{perfect dominating set} is a subset of
vertices such that each vertex is
dominated by exactly one vertex . An \emph{efficient dominating set}
is a perfect dominating set where is also an independent set. These
problems are usually posed in terms of edges instead of vertices. Both
problems, either for the vertex or edge variant, remains NP-Hard, even when
restricted to certain graphs families. We study both variants of the problems
for the circular-arc graphs, and show efficient algorithms for all of them
Approximation Algorithms for Polynomial-Expansion and Low-Density Graphs
We study the family of intersection graphs of low density objects in low
dimensional Euclidean space. This family is quite general, and includes planar
graphs. We prove that such graphs have small separators. Next, we present
efficient -approximation algorithms for these graphs, for
Independent Set, Set Cover, and Dominating Set problems, among others. We also
prove corresponding hardness of approximation for some of these optimization
problems, providing a characterization of their intractability in terms of
density
Approximating Minimum Independent Dominating Sets in Wireless Networks
We present the first polynomial-time approximation scheme (PTAS) for the Minimum Independent Dominating Set problem in graphs of polynomially bounded growth. Graphs of bounded growth are used to characterize wireless communication networks, and this class of graph includes many models known from the literature, e.g. (Quasi) Unit Disk Graphs. An independent dominating set is a dominating set in a graph that is also independent. It thus combines the advantages of both structures, and there are many applications that rely on these two structures e.g. in the area of wireless ad hoc networks. The presented approach yields a robust algorithm, that is, the algorithm accepts any undirected graph as input, and returns a (1+")- pproximate minimum dominating set, or a certificate showing that the input graph does not reflect a wireless network
Line-distortion, Bandwidth and Path-length of a graph
We investigate the minimum line-distortion and the minimum bandwidth problems
on unweighted graphs and their relations with the minimum length of a
Robertson-Seymour's path-decomposition. The length of a path-decomposition of a
graph is the largest diameter of a bag in the decomposition. The path-length of
a graph is the minimum length over all its path-decompositions. In particular,
we show:
- if a graph can be embedded into the line with distortion , then
admits a Robertson-Seymour's path-decomposition with bags of diameter at most
in ;
- for every class of graphs with path-length bounded by a constant, there
exist an efficient constant-factor approximation algorithm for the minimum
line-distortion problem and an efficient constant-factor approximation
algorithm for the minimum bandwidth problem;
- there is an efficient 2-approximation algorithm for computing the
path-length of an arbitrary graph;
- AT-free graphs and some intersection families of graphs have path-length at
most 2;
- for AT-free graphs, there exist a linear time 8-approximation algorithm for
the minimum line-distortion problem and a linear time 4-approximation algorithm
for the minimum bandwidth problem
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