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Minimal 2-dominating sets in trees∗

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 July 2013

Marcin Krzywkowski
Marcin Krzywkowski*
Affiliation:
Faculty of Electronics, Telecommunications and Informatics, Gdańsk University of Technology, Narutowicza 11/12, 80–233 Gdańsk, Poland.. [email protected]
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Abstract

We provide an algorithm for listing all minimal 2-dominating sets of a tree of ordern in time 𝒪(1.3248n). This implies that every tree has at most1.3248n minimal 2-dominating sets. We also show that thisbound is tight.

Keywords

Domination2-dominationminimal 2-dominating settreecountingexact exponential algorithmlisting algorithm
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Research Article
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RAIRO - Theoretical Informatics and Applications , Volume 47 , Issue 3 , July 2013 , pp. 235 - 240
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© EDP Sciences 2013

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