Grundy dominating sequences on $X$-join product

Abstract

In this paper we study the Grundy domination number on the $X$-join product $G\hookleftarrow \mathcal R$ of a graph $G$ and a family of graphs $\mathcal R=\{G_v: v\in V(G)\}$. The results led us to extend the few known families of graphs where this parameter can be efficiently computed. We prove that if, for all $v\in V(G)$, the Grundy domination number of $G_v$ is given, and $G$ is a power of a cycle, a power of a path, or a split graph, computing the Grundy domination number of $G\hookleftarrow \mathcal R$ can be done in polynomial time. In particular, the results for power of cycles and paths are derived from a polynomial reduction to the Maximum Weight Independent Set problem on these graphs. As a consequence, we derive closed formulas to compute the Grundy domination number of the lexicographic product $G\circ H$ when $G$ is a power of a cycle, a power of a path or a split graph, generalizing the results on cycles and paths given by Bresar et al. in 2016. Moreover, the results on the $X$-join product when $G$ is a split graph also provide polynomial-time algorithms to compute the Grundy domination number for $(q,q-4)$ graphs, partner limited graphs and extended $P_4$-laden graphs, graph classes which are high in the hierarchy of few $P_4$'s graphs.