The Zero Forcing Number of Graphs

Author(s)
Kalinowski, Thomas
Kamcev, Nina
Sudakov, Benny
Publication Date
2019
Abstract
A subset S of initially infected vertices of a graph G is called zero forcing if we can infect the entire graph by iteratively applying the following process. At each step, any infected vertex which has a unique uninfected neighbor, infects this neighbor. The zero forcing number of G is the minimum cardinality of a zero forcing set in G. We study the zero forcing number of various classes of graphs, including graphs of large girth, H-free graphs for a fixed bipartite graph H, and random and pseudorandom graphs.
Citation
SIAM Journal on Discrete Mathematics, 33(1), p. 95-115
ISSN
1095-7146
0895-4801
Link
Publisher
Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
Title
The Zero Forcing Number of Graphs
Type of document
Journal Article
Entity Type
Publication

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