On exponential domination and graph operations

Abstract

An exponential dominating set of graph $G = (V,E )$ is a subset $Ssubseteq V(G)$ such that $sum_{uin S}(1/2)^{overline{d}{(u,v)-1}}geq 1$ for every vertex $v$ in $V(G)-S$, where $overline{d}(u,v)$ is the distance between vertices $u in S$ and $v in V(G)-S$ in the graph $G -(S-{u})$. The exponential domination number, $gamma_{e}(G)$, is the smallest cardinality of an exponential dominating set. Graph operations are important methods for constructing new graphs, and they play key roles in the design and analysis of networks. In this study, we consider the exponential domination number of graph operations including edge corona, neighborhood corona and power.