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Complexity of signed total $k$-Roman domination problem in graphs

  • Received: 02 July 2020 Accepted: 27 October 2020 Published: 05 November 2020
  • MSC : 05C69

  • Let $G$ be a simple graph with finite vertex set $V(G)$ and $S = \{-1, 1, 2\}$. A signed total Roman $k$-dominating function (STRkDF) on a graph $G$ is a function $f:V(G)\to S$ such that (i) any vertex $y$ with $f(y) = -1$ is adjacent to at least one vertex $t$ with $f(t) = 2, $ (ii) $\sum_{t\in N(y)}f(t)\geq k$ holds for any vertex $y$. The $weight$ of an STRkDF $f$, denoted by $\omega(f)$, is $\sum_{y\in V(G)}f(y)$, and the minimum weight of an STRkDF is the signed total Roman k-domination number, $\gamma_{stR}^k(G), $ of $G$. In this article, we prove that the decision problem for the signed total Roman $k$-domination is NP-complete on bipartite and chordal graphs for $k\in\{1, 2\}$.

    Citation: Saeed Kosari, Yongsheng Rao, Zehui Shao, Jafar Amjadi, Rana Khoeilar. Complexity of signed total $k$-Roman domination problem in graphs[J]. AIMS Mathematics, 2021, 6(1): 952-961. doi: 10.3934/math.2021057

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  • Let $G$ be a simple graph with finite vertex set $V(G)$ and $S = \{-1, 1, 2\}$. A signed total Roman $k$-dominating function (STRkDF) on a graph $G$ is a function $f:V(G)\to S$ such that (i) any vertex $y$ with $f(y) = -1$ is adjacent to at least one vertex $t$ with $f(t) = 2, $ (ii) $\sum_{t\in N(y)}f(t)\geq k$ holds for any vertex $y$. The $weight$ of an STRkDF $f$, denoted by $\omega(f)$, is $\sum_{y\in V(G)}f(y)$, and the minimum weight of an STRkDF is the signed total Roman k-domination number, $\gamma_{stR}^k(G), $ of $G$. In this article, we prove that the decision problem for the signed total Roman $k$-domination is NP-complete on bipartite and chordal graphs for $k\in\{1, 2\}$.


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