Global offensive kk-alliances in digraphs

In this paper, we initiate the study of global offensive $k$-alliances in digraphs. Given a digraph $D=(V(D),A(D))$, a global offensive $k$-alliance in a digraph $D$ is a subset $S\subseteq V(D)$ such that every vertex outside of $S$ has at least one in-neighbor from $S$ and also at least $k$ more in-neighbors from $S$ than from outside of $S$, by assuming $k$ is an integer lying between two minus the maximum in-degree of $D$ and the maximum in-degree of $D$. The global offensive $k$-alliance number $\gamma_{k}^{o}(D)$ is the minimum cardinality among all global offensive $k$-alliances in $D$. In this article we begin the study of the global offensive $k$-alliance number of digraphs. For instance, we prove that finding the global offensive $k$-alliance number of digraphs $D$ is an NP-hard problem for any value $k\in \{2-\Delta^-(D),\dots,\Delta^-(D)\}$ and that it remains NP-complete even when restricted to bipartite digraphs when we consider the non-negative values of $k$ given in the interval above. Based on these facts, lower bounds on $\gamma_{k}^{o}(D)$ with characterizations of all digraphs attaining the bounds are given in this work. We also bound this parameter for bipartite digraphs from above. For the particular case $k=1$, an immediate result from the definition shows that $\gamma(D)\leq \gamma_{1}^{o}(D)$ for all digraphs $D$, in which $\gamma(D)$ stands for the domination number of $D$. We show that these two digraph parameters are the same for some infinite families of digraphs like rooted trees and contrafunctional digraphs. Moreover, we show that the difference between $\gamma_{1}^{o}(D)$ and $\gamma(D)$ can be arbitrary large for directed trees and connected functional digraphs

Outer Independent Double Italian Domination of Some Graph Products

An outer independent double Italian dominating function on a graph $G$ is a function $f:V(G)\rightarrow\{0,1,2,3\}$ for which each vertex $x\in V(G)$ with $\color{red}{f(x)\in \{0,1\}}$ then $\sum_{y\in N[x]}f(y)\geqslant 3$ and vertices assigned $0$ under $f$ are independent. The outer independent double Italian domination number $\gamma_{oidI}(G)$ is the minimum weight of an outer independent double Italian dominating function of graph $G$. In this work, we present some contributions to the study of outer independent double Italian domination of three graph products. We characterize the Cartesian product, lexicographic product and direct product of custom graphs in terms of this parameter. We also provide the best possible upper and lower bounds for these three products for arbitrary graphs

On the diameter of dot-critical graphs

A graph G is $k$-dot-critical (totaly $k$-dot-critical) if $G$ is dot-critical (totaly dot-critical) and the domination number is $k$. In the paper [T. Burtona, D. P. Sumner, Domination dot-critical graphs, Discrete Math, 306 (2006), 11-18] the following question is posed: What are the best bounds for the diameter of a $k$-dot-critical graph and a totally $k$-dot-critical graph $G$ with no critical vertices for $k \geq 4$? We find the best bound for the diameter of a $k$-dot-critical graph, where $k \in\{4,5,6\}$ and we give a family of $k$-dot-critical graphs (with no critical vertices) with sharp diameter $2k-3$ for even $k \geq 4$

Double domination and total 22-domination in digraphs and their dual problems

A subset $S$ of vertices of a digraph $D$ is a double dominating set (total $2$-dominating set) if every vertex not in $S$ is adjacent from at least two vertices in $S$, and every vertex in $S$ is adjacent from at least one vertex in $S$ (the subdigraph induced by $S$ has no isolated vertices). The double domination number (total $2$-domination number) of a digraph $D$ is the minimum cardinality of a double dominating set (total $2$-dominating set) in $D$. In this work, we investigate these concepts which can be considered as two extensions of double domination in graphs to digraphs, along with the concepts $2$-limited packing and total $2$-limited packing which have close relationships with the above-mentioned concepts

Upper bounds for covering total double Roman domination

Let G = (V, E) be a finite simple graph where V = V (G) and E = E(G). Suppose that G has no isolated vertex. A covering total double Roman dominating function (CT DRD function) f of G is a total double Roman dominating function (T DRD function) of G for which the set {v ∈ V (G)|f(v) ≠ 0} is a covering set. The covering total double Roman domination number γctdR(G) is the minimum weight of a CT DRD function on G. In this work, we present some contributions to the study of γctdR(G)-function of graphs. For the non star trees T, we show that γctdR(T) ≤ 4n(T )+5s(T )−4l(T )/3, where n(T), s(T) and l(T) are the order, the number of support vertices and the number of leaves of T respectively. Moreover, we characterize trees T achieve this bound. Then we study the upper bound of the 2-edge connected graphs and show that, for a 2-edge connected graphs G, γctdR(G) ≤ 4n/3 and finally, we show that, for a simple graph G of order n with δ(G) ≥ 2, γctdR(G) ≤ 4n/3 and this bound is sharp.Publisher's Versio