Utilitas Algorithmica (UA)

ISSN: xxxx-xxxx (print)

Utilitas Algorithmica (UA) is a premier, open-access international journal dedicated to advancing algorithmic research and its applications. Launched to drive innovation in computer science, UA publishes high-impact theoretical and experimental papers addressing real-world computational challenges. The journal underscores the vital role of efficient algorithm design in navigating the growing complexity of modern applications. Spanning domains such as parallel computing, computational geometry, artificial intelligence, and data structures, UA is a leading venue for groundbreaking algorithmic studies.

Omar Alomari1, Mohammad Abudayah1, Hasan Al-Ezeh2
1German Jordanian University, Amman, Jordan
2The University Of Jordan, Amman, Jordan
Abstract:

We study cube-complementary graphs, that is, graphs whose com- plement and cube are isomorphic. We prove several necessary conditions for a graph to be cube-complementary, describe ways of building new cube-complementary graphs from existing ones, and construct infinite families of cube-complementary graphs.

Eddie Cheng1, Ke Qiu2, Zhizhang Shen3
1Dept. of Mathematics and Statistics Oakland University Rochester, MI 48309, USA
2Dept. of Computer Science Brock University St. Catharines, Ontario, L2S 3A1, Canada
3Dept. of Computer Science and Technology Plymouth State University Plymouth, NH 03264, USA
Abstract:

We suggest the notion of the surface area centered at an edge for a network structure, which generalizes the usual notion of surface area of a structure centered at a vertex. As a specific result, we derive explicit expressions of the edge-centered surface areas for the edge-asymmetric \((n, k)\)-star graph, following a generating function approach, in terms of two different kinds of edges.

Yuefang Sun1
1Department of Mathematics Shaoxing University, Zhejiang 312000, P.R. China
Abstract:

For a set \( S \) of \( k \) vertices of \( G \), let \( \kappa(S) \) denote the maximum number \( \ell \) of pairwise edge-disjoint trees \( T_1, T_2, \ldots, T_\ell \) in \( G \) such that \( V(T_i) \cap V(T_j) = S \) for \( 1 \leq i \neq j \leq \ell \) and \( \lambda(S) \) denote the maximum number \( \ell \) of pairwise edge-disjoint trees \( T_1, T_2, \ldots, T_\ell \) in \( G \) such that \( S \subseteq V(T_i) \) for \( 1 \leq i \leq \ell \). Similar to the classical maximum local connectivity, H. Li et al. introduced the parameter \( \overline{\kappa}_k(G) = \max\{\kappa(S) \mid S \subseteq V(G), |S| = k\} \), which is called the maximum generalized local connectivity of \( G \). The maximum generalized local edge-connectivity of \( G \) which was introduced by X. Li et al. is defined as \( \overline{\lambda}_k(G) = \max\{\lambda(S) \mid S \subseteq V(G), |S| = k\} \). In this paper, we investigate the maximum generalized local connectivity and edge-connectivity of a cubic connected Cayley graph \( G \) on an Abelian group. We determine the precise values for \( \overline{\kappa}_3(G) \) and \( \overline{\lambda}_3(G) \) and also prove some results of \(\overline{\kappa}_k(G)\) and \(\overline{\lambda}_k(G)\) for general \(k\).

Yuefang Sun1
1Department of Mathematics Shaoxing University, Zhejiang 312000, P.R. China
Abstract:

The generalized \( k \)-connectivity \( \kappa_k(G) \) of a graph \( G \) was introduced by Chartrand et al. in 1984. As a natural counterpart of this concept, Li et al. in 2011 introduced the concept of generalized \( k \)-edge-connectivity. In this paper, we completely determine the precise values of the generalized \( 3 \)-connectivity and generalized \( 3 \)-edge-connectivity for the Cartesian products of some graph classes.

Robert Scheidweiler1, Eberhard Triesch1
1Lehrstuhl II fiir Mathematik, RWTH Aachen University, 52056 Aachen, Germany
Abstract:

In this work, we investigate the gap-adjacent-chromatic number, a graph colouring parameter introduced by M. A. Tahraoui, E. Duchéne, and H. Kheddouci in \([5]\). From an edge labelling \( f: E \to \{1, \ldots, k\} \) of a graph \( G = (V, E) \), the vertices of \( G \) get an induced colouring. Vertices of degree greater than one are coloured with the difference between their maximum and their minimum incident edge label, i.e., with their so-called gap, and vertices of degree one get their incident edge label as colour. The gap-adjacent-chromatic number of \( G \) is the minimum \( k \) for which a labelling \( f \) of \( G \) exists that induces a proper vertex colouring.

The main purpose of this work is to state easy colouring approaches for bipartite graphs and to estimate the gap-adjacent-chromatic number for arbitrary graphs in terms of the chromatic number.

Charles A. Cusack1, Stephanie P. Edwards2, Darren B. Parker3
1Department of Computer Science, Hope College, Holland, MI 49423
2Department of Mathematics, Hope College, Holland, MI 49423
3Department of Mathematics, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI 49401- 6495
Abstract:

We call \( T = (G_1, G_2, G_3) \) a graph-triple of order \( t \) if the \( G_i \) are pairwise non-isomorphic graphs on \( t \) non-isolated vertices whose edges can be combined to form \( K_t \). If \( m \geq t \), we say \( T \) divides \( K_m \) if \( E(K_m) \) can be partitioned into copies of the graphs in \( T \) with each \( G_i \) used at least once, and we call such a partition a \( T \)-multidecomposition. For each graph-triple \( T \) of order \( 6 \) for which it was not previously known, we determine all \( K_m \), \( m \geq 6 \), that admit a \( T \)-multidecomposition. Moreover, we determine maximum multipackings and minimum multicoverings when \( K_m \) does not admit a multidecomposition.

Christopher Duffy1, Gary Macgillivray2
1Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Victoria, Canada
2Department Of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Victoria, Canada
Abstract:

For the Firefighter Process with weights on the vertices, we show that the problem of deciding whether a subset of vertices of a total weight can be saved from burning remains NP-complete when restricted to binary trees. In addition, we show that a greedy algorithm that defends the vertex of highest degree adjacent to a burning vertex is not an \(\epsilon\)-\emph{approximation} algorithm for any \(\epsilon \in (0, 1]\) for the problem of determining the maximum weight that can be saved. This closes an open problem posed by MacGillivray and Wang.

Yanfang Zhang1, Qingde Kang2
1College of Mathematics and Statistics Hebei University of Economics and Business Shijiazhuang 050061, P.R. China
2Institute of Mathematics, Hebei Normal University Shijiazhuang 050024, P.R. China
Abstract:

Let \( K_v \) be the complete graph with \( v \) vertices. Let \( G \) be a finite simple graph. A \( G \)-decomposition of \( K_v \), denoted by \((v, G, 1)\)-GD, is a pair \((X, \mathcal{B})\), where \( X \) is the vertex set of \( K_v \), and \(\mathcal{B}\) is a collection of subgraphs of \( K_v \), called blocks, such that each block is isomorphic to \( G \). In this paper, the discussed graphs are \( G_i \), \( i = 1, 2, 3, 4 \), where \( G_i \) are four kinds of graphs with eight vertices and eight edges. We obtain the existence spectrum of \((v, G_i, 1)\)-GD.

Beata Bényi1, Eétvés Jézsef Fdiskola2
1Bolyai Institute, University of Szeged Vértanuk tere 1., Szeged, Hungary 6720.
2Bajesy-Zsilinszky u. 14., Baja, Hungary 6500.
Abstract:

We present a simple bijection between the set of triangulations of a convex polygon and the set of \(312\)-avoiding permutations.

Mustapha Chellali1, Nader Jafari Rad2
1LAMDA-RO Laboratory, Department of Mathematics University of Blida. B.P. 270, Blida, Algeria.
2Department of Mathematics, Shahrood University of Technology, Shahrood, Iran and School of Mathematics, Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences (IPM) P.O. Box 19395-5746, Tehran, Iran
Abstract:

A \({2-rainbow\; dominating\; function}\) of a graph \( G \) is a function \( g \) that assigns to each vertex a set of colors chosen from the set \( \{1, 2\} \) so that for each vertex \( v \) with \( g(v) = \emptyset \) we have \( \cup_{u \in N(v)} g(u) = \{1, 2\} \). The minimum of \( g(V(G)) = \sum_{v \in V(G)} |g(v)| \) over all such functions is called the \({2-rainbow \;domination\; number}\) \( \gamma_{r2}(G) \). A \(2\)-rainbow dominating function \( g \) of a graph \( G \) is independent if no two vertices assigned non-empty sets are adjacent. The \({independent \;2-rainbow\; domination\; number}\) \( i_{r2}(G) \) is the minimum weight of an independent \(2\)-rainbow dominating function of \( G \). In this paper, we study independent \(2\)-rainbow domination in graphs. We present some bounds and relations with other domination parameters.

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