Minimal Restrained Domination Algorithms on Trees Using Dynamic Programming

ASU Author/Contributor (non-ASU co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
Jeremy Booker (Creator)
Institution
Appalachian State University (ASU )
Web Site: https://library.appstate.edu/
Advisor
Alice McRae

Abstract: In this paper we study a special case of graph domination, namely minimal restrained dominating sets on trees. A set S ? V is a dominating set if for every vertex u ? V-S, there exists v ? S such that uv ? E. A set S ? V is a restrained dominating set if every vertex in V-S is adjacent to a vertex in S and another vertex in V-S. A restrained dominating set S is a minimal restrained dominating set if no proper subset of S is also a restrained dominating set. We give a dynamic programming style algorithm for generating largest minimal restrained dominating sets for trees and show that the decision problem for minimal restrained dominating sets is NP-complete for general graphs. We also consider independent restrained domination on trees and its associated decision problem for general graphs.

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Publication
Thesis
Booker, J. (2013). Minimal Restrained Domination Algorithms on Trees Using Dynamic Programming. Unpublished master’s thesis. Appalachian State University, Boone, NC.
Language: English
Date: 2013
Keywords
Graph domination, Restrained dominating sets on trees, Independent restrained dominating sets on trees , Minimal restrained dominating sets

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