Convex Roman Dominating Function in Graphs

Abstract

Let $G$ be a connected graph. A function $f:V(G)\rightarrow \{0,1,2\}$ is a \textit{convex Roman dominating function} (or CvRDF) if every vertex $u$ for which $f(u)=0$ is adjacent to at least one vertex $v$ for which $f(v)=2$ and $V_1 \cup V_2$ is convex. The weight of a convex Roman dominating function $f$, denoted by $\omega_{G}^{CvR}(f)$, is given by $\omega_{G}^{CvR}(f)=\sum_{v \in V(G)}f(v)$. The minimum weight of a CvRDF on $G$, denoted by $\gamma_{CvR}(G)$, is called the \textit{convex Roman domination number} of $G$. In this paper, we determine the convex Roman domination numbers of some graphs and give some realization results involving convex Roman domination, connected Roman domination, and convex domination numbers.