Minimizing the size of an identifying or locating-dominating code in a graph is NP-hard

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Abstract

Let G=(V,E) be an undirected graph and C a subset of vertices. If the sets Br(v)∩C, v∈V (respectively, v∈V⧹C), are all nonempty and different, where Br(v) denotes the set of all points within distance r from v, we call C an r-identifying code (respectively, an r-locating-dominating code). We prove that, given a graph G and an integer k, the decision problem of the existence of an r-identifying code, or of an r-locating-dominating code, of size at most k in G, is NP-complete for any r.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2109-2120
Number of pages12
JournalTheoretical Computer Science
Volume290
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 3 Jan 2003

Keywords

  • Coding theory
  • Complexity
  • Graph
  • Identifying code
  • Locating-dominating code
  • NP-completeness

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