Small k-Dominating Sets in Planar Graphs with Applications

  • Authors:
  • Cyril Gavoille;David Peleg;André Raspaud;Eric Sopena

  • Affiliations:
  • -;-;-;-

  • Venue:
  • WG '01 Proceedings of the 27th International Workshop on Graph-Theoretic Concepts in Computer Science
  • Year:
  • 2001

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Abstract

A subset of nodes S in a graph G is called k-dominating if, for every node u of the graph, the distance from u to S is at most k. We consider the parameter 驴k(G) defined as the cardinality of the smallest k-dominating set of G. For planar graphs, we show that for every 驴 0 and for every k (5/7 + 驴)D, 驴k(G) = O(1/驴). For several subclasses of planar graphs of diameter D, we show that 驴k(G) is bounded by a constant for k D/2. We conjecture that the same result holds for every planar graph. This problem is motivated by the design of routing schemes with compact data structures.