k-tuple domination in graphs

  • Authors:
  • Chung-Shou Liao;Gerard J. Chang

  • Affiliations:
  • Institute of Information Sciences, Academia Sinica, Nankang, Taipei 115, Taiwan;Department of Mathematics, National Taiwan University, Taipei 106, Taiwan

  • Venue:
  • Information Processing Letters
  • Year:
  • 2003

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Abstract

In a graph G, a vertex is said to dominate itself and all of its neighbors. For a fixed positive integer k, the k-tuple domination problem is to find a minimum sized vertex subset in a graph such that every vertex in the graph is dominated by at least k vertices in this set. The current paper studies k-tuple domination in graphs from an algorithmic point of view. In particular, we give a linear-time algorithm for the k-tuple domination problem in strongly chordal graphs, which is a subclass of chordal graphs and includes trees, block graphs, interval graphs and directed path graphs. We also prove that the k-tuple domination problem is NP-complete for split graphs (a subclass of chordal graphs) and for bipartite graphs.