TY - JOUR ID - Blidia2009 LB - Blidia2009 AU - Blidia, Mostafa AU - Lounes, Rahma TI - Vertices belonging to all or to no minimum locating dominating sets of trees ST - Vertices belonging to all or to no minimum locating dominating sets of trees JO - Opuscula Math. JA - Opuscula Math. JF - Opuscula Mathematica PY - 2009 VL - 29 IS - 1 SP - 5 EP - 14 DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.7494/OpMath.2009.29.1.5 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.7494/OpMath.2009.29.1.5 AB - A set \(D\) of vertices in a graph \(G\) is a locating-dominating set if for every two vertices \(u\), \(v\) of \(G \setminus D\) the sets \(N(u) \cap D\) and \(N(v) \cap D\) are non-empty and different. In this paper, we characterize vertices that are in all or in no minimum locating dominating sets in trees. The characterization guarantees that the \(\gamma_L\)-excellent tree can be recognized in a polynomial time. KW - domination KW - locating domination SN - 1232-9274 ER -