TY - JOUR ID - Chaluvaraju2012 LB - Chaluvaraju2012 AU - Chaluvaraju, B. AU - Vidya, K. A. TI - Bounds on perfect k-domination in trees: an algorithmic approach ST - Bounds on perfect k-domination in trees: an algorithmic approach JO - Opuscula Math. JA - Opuscula Math. JF - Opuscula Mathematica PY - 2012 VL - 32 IS - 4 SP - 707 EP - 714 DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.7494/OpMath.2012.32.4.707 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.7494/OpMath.2012.32.4.707 AB - Let \(k\) be a positive integer and \(G = (V;E)\) be a graph. A vertex subset \(D\) of a graph \(G\) is called a perfect \(k\)-dominating set of \(G\) if every vertex \(v\) of \(G\) not in \(D\) is adjacent to exactly \(k\) vertices of \(D\). The minimum cardinality of a perfect \(k\)-dominating set of \(G\) is the perfect \(k\)-domination number \(\gamma_{kp}(G)\). In this paper, a sharp bound for \(\gamma_{kp}(T)\) is obtained where \(T\) is a tree. KW - \(k\)-domination KW - perfect domination KW - perfect \(k\)-domination SN - 1232-9274 ER -