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.
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- Journal of Combinatorial Mathematics and Combinatorial Computing
- Volume 075
- Pages: 95-103
- Published: 30/11/2010
We give an upper bound on the number of edges of a graph with \( n \) vertices to be a prime cordial graph, and we improve this upper bound to fit bipartite graphs. Also, we determine all prime cordial graphs of order \( \leq 6 \).
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- Journal of Combinatorial Mathematics and Combinatorial Computing
- Volume 075
- Pages: 85-94
- Published: 30/11/2010
We consider the one-color graph avoidance game. Using a high-performance computing network, we showed that the first player can win the game on \( 13 \), \( 14 \), and \( 15 \) vertices. Other related games are also discussed.
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- Journal of Combinatorial Mathematics and Combinatorial Computing
- Volume 075
- Pages: 65-84
- Published: 30/11/2010
Let \( G \, \Box \, H \) denote the Cartesian product of two graphs \( G \) and \( H \). In 1994, Livingston and Stout [Constant time computation of minimum dominating sets, Congr. Numer., 105 (1994), 116-128] introduced a linear time algorithm to determine \( \gamma(G \, \Box \, P_n) \) for fixed \( G \), and claimed that \( P_n \) may be substituted with any graph from a one-parameter family, such as a cycle of length \( n \) or a complete \( t \)-ary tree of height \( n \) for fixed \( t \). We explore how the algorithm may be modified to accommodate such graphs and propose a general framework to determine \( \gamma(G \, \Box \, H) \) for any graph \( H \). Furthermore, we illustrate its use in determining the domination number of the generalized Cartesian product \( G \, \Box \, H \), as defined by Benecke and Mynhardt [Domination of Generalized Cartesian Products, preprint (2009)].
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- Journal of Combinatorial Mathematics and Combinatorial Computing
- Volume 075
- Pages: 41-63
- Published: 30/11/2010
We give a solution for the intersection problem for disjoint \( 2 \)-flowers in Steiner triple systems.
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- Journal of Combinatorial Mathematics and Combinatorial Computing
- Volume 075
- Pages: 33-40
- Published: 30/11/2010
Let \( G = (V, E) \) be a graph with chromatic number \( k \). A dominating set \( D \) of \( G \) is called a chromatic-transversal dominating set (ctd-set) if \( D \) intersects every color class of any \( k \)-coloring of \( G \). The minimum cardinality of a ctd-set of \( G \) is called the chromatic transversal domination number of \( G \) and is denoted by \( \gamma_{ct}(G) \). In this paper, we initiate a study of this parameter.
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- Journal of Combinatorial Mathematics and Combinatorial Computing
- Volume 075
- Pages: 11-32
- Published: 30/11/2010
The parity dimension of a graph \( G \) is defined as the dimension of the null space of its closed neighborhood matrix \( N \). A graph with parity dimension \( 0 \) is called all parity realizable (APR). In this paper, a simple recursive procedure for calculating the parity dimension of a tree is given, which is more apt to be used in the context of enumeration than the graph-theoretical characterizations due to Amin, Slater, and Zhang. Applying the recursive relation, we find asymptotic formulas for the number of APR trees and for the average parity dimension of a tree.
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- Journal of Combinatorial Mathematics and Combinatorial Computing
- Volume 075
- Pages: 3-9
- Published: 30/11/2010
The Ramsey multiplicity \( M(G) \) of a graph \( G \) is defined to be the smallest number of monochromatic copies of \( G \) in any two-coloring of edges of \( K_{R(G)} \), where \( R(G) \) is the smallest integer \( n \) such that every graph on \( n \) vertices either contains \( G \) or its complement contains \( G \). With the help of computer algorithms, we obtain the exact values of Ramsey multiplicities for most of isolate-free graphs on five vertices, and establish upper bounds for a few others.
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- Ars Combinatoria
- Volume 097-A
- Pages: 509-529
- Published: 31/10/2010
In this paper, we show that the independence polynomial \(I(G^*; x)\) of \(G^*\) is unimodal for any graph \(G^*\) whose skeleton \(G\) has stability number \(\alpha(G) \leq 8\). In addition, we show that the independence polynomial of \(K^*_{2,n}\) is log-concave with a unique mode.
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- Ars Combinatoria
- Volume 097-A
- Pages: 499-508
- Published: 31/10/2010
Let \(G = (V,E)\) be a graph. A set \(S \subseteq V\) is a dominating set of \(G\) if every vertex not in \(S\) is adjacent to some vertex in \(S\). The domination number of \(G\), denoted by \(\gamma(G)\), is the minimum cardinality of a dominating set of \(G\). A set \(S \subseteq V\) is a total dominating set of \(G\) if every vertex of \(V\) is adjacent to some vertex in \(S\). The total domination number of \(G\), denoted by \(\gamma_t(G)\), is the minimum cardinality of a total dominating set of \(G\). In this paper, we provide a constructive characterization of those trees with equal domination and total domination numbers.
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- Ars Combinatoria
- Volume 097-A
- Pages: 485-497
- Published: 31/10/2010
We consider a variation of a classical Turán-type extremal problem due to Bollobás \([2,p. 398, no. 13]\) as follows: determine the smallest even integer \(\sigma(C^k,n)\) such that every graphic sequence \(\pi = (d_1,d_2,\ldots,d_n)\) with term sum \(\sigma(\pi) = d_1 + d_2 + \cdots + d_n \geq \sigma(C^k,n)\) has a realization \(G\) containing a cycle with \(k\) chords incident to a vertex on the cycle. Moreover, we also consider a variation of a classical Turán-type extremal result due to Faudree and Schelp \([7]\) as follows: determine the smallest even integer \(\sigma(P_\ell,n)\) such that every graphic sequence \(\pi = (d_1,d_2,\ldots,d_n)\) with \(\sigma(\pi) \geq \sigma(P_\ell,n)\) has a realization \(G\) containing \(P_\ell\) as a subgraph, where \(P_\ell\) is the path of length 2. In this paper, we determine the values of \(\sigma(P_\ell,n)\) for \(n \geq \ell+1\) and the values of \(\sigma(C^k,n)\) for \(n \geq (k+3)(2k+5)\).




