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Professor Emeritus
Department of Mathematics
Furman University
Greenville, SC 29613
e-mail: doug dot rall at furman dot edu

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Research and Scholarship

Book on the Cartesian Product of Graphs

Domination Games Played on Graphs

Ph. D. Students

Kirsti (Wash) Kuenzel

Jason Hedetniemi

Recent Publications

[107] Bostjan Bresar, Csilla Bujtas, Vesna Irsic, Douglas F Rall and Zsolt Tuza, Indicated domination game, submitted : 1--19, (2023) [pdf] .

[106] B. Bresar, S. Klavzar and D. F. Rall, Packings in bipartite prisms and hypercubes, Discrete Mathematics 347, Article 113875, 6 pp. (2024) (DOI: 10.1016/j.disc.2024.113875) [pdf] .

[105] M. A. Henning and D. F. Rall, Indicated total domination game, submitted : 1--20, (2023) [pdf] .

[104] K. Kuenzel and D. F. Rall, A characterization of well-dominated Cartesian products, Discrete Mathematics 1--17, to appear [pdf] .

[103] G. Bacso, B. Bresar, K. Kuenzel and D. F. Rall, Graphs with equal Grundy domination and independence number, Discrete Optimization 48: 1--15, (2023) article 100777 (DOI: 10.1016/j.disopt.2023.100777) [pdf] .

[102] Douglas F. Rall, On well-dominated direct, Cartesian and strong product graphs, Discrete Mathematics 346(1), Article 113178, 9 pp. (2023) (DOI: 10.1016/j.disc.2022.113178) [pdf] .

[101] S. Anderson, B. Bresar, K. Kuenzel, S. Klavzar and D. F. Rall, Orientable domination in product-like graphs, Discrete Applied Mathematics 326: 62--69 (2023) (DOI: 10.1016/j.dam.2022.11.003) [pdf] .

[100] K. Kuenzel and D. F. Rall, On independent domination in direct products, Graphs and Combinatorics 39(7): 1--13, (2023) (DOI: 10.1007/s00373-022-02600-0) [pdf] .

[99] S. Anderson, K. Kuenzel and D. F. Rall, On well-edge-dominated graphs, Graphs and Combinatorics 38, Article 106: (2022) (DOI: 10.1007/s00373-022-02508-9) [pdf] .

[98] B. Bresar, K. Kuenzel and D.F. Rall, Domination in digraphs and their direct and Cartesian products, Journal of Graph Theory, 99: 359--377 (2022) (DOI:10.1002/jgt.22744) [pdf] .

[97] B. L. Harnell and D. F. Rall, On graphs having one size of maximal open packings, Indian Journal of Discrete Mathematics 6(1): 1--14 (2021) [pdf] .

[96] S. Klavzar, D. F. Rall and I. G. Yero, General d-position sets, Ars Mathematica Contemporanea, 21, No. 1: 1--12 (P1.03)(2021) (DOI:10.26493/1855-3974.2384.77d) [pdf] .

[95] B. Bresar, J. Ferme, S. Klavzar and D. F. Rall, A survey on packing colorings, Discussiones Mathematicae Graph Theory, 40(4) (2020) 923--970 (DOI:10.7151/dmgt.2320).

[94] S. Anderson, K. Kuenzel and D. F. Rall, On well-dominated graphs, Graphs and Combinatorics 37(1): 151--165 (2021) (DOI: 10.1007/s00373-020-02235-z) [pdf] .

[93] M. A. Henning and D. F. Rall, The enclaveless competition game, Ars Mathematica Contemporanea, 20, No. 1:129--142 (2021). (DOI :10.26493/1855-3974.2227.e1a) [pdf] .

[92] B. Bresar, K. Kuenzel and D.F. Rall, Graphs with a unique maximum open packing, Indian Journal of Discrete Mathematics, 5(1) (2019) 37--55 [pdf] .

[91] K. Kuenzel and D.F. Rall, On well-covered direct products, Discussiones Mathematicae Graph Theory, 42(2): 627--640 (2022) (DOI :10.7151/dmgt.2296) [pdf] .

[90] B. Bresar, B.L. Hartnell, M. A. Henning, K. Kuenzel and D.F. Rall, A new framework to approach Vizing's conjecture, Discussiones Mathematicae Graph Theory, 41(3): 749--763 (2021) (DOI :10.7151/dmgt.2293) [pdf] .

[89] S. Klavzar and D.F. Rall, Packing chromatic vertex-critical graphs, Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science, 21(3), Paper #8, 18(2019) [pdf] .

[88] S. Klavzar and D.F. Rall, Domination game and minimal edge cuts, Discrete Mathematics, 342 (2019) 951-958 (DOI: 10.1016/j.disc.2018.12.001) [pdf] .

[87] B.L. Hartnell, D.F. Rall and Kirsti Wash, On well-covered Cartesian products, Graphs and Combinatorics, 34 (2018) 1259-1268 (DOI :10.1007/s00373-018-1943-3) Full-text View-only [pdf] .

[86] T.K. Sumenjak, D.F. Rall and A. Tepeh, On k-rainbow independent domination in graphs, Applied Mathematics and Computation, 333 (2018) 353-361 (DOI: 10.1016/j.amc.2018.03.013). [pdf]

[85] M. Henning, S. Klavzar and D.F. Rall, Game total domination critical graphs, Discrete Applied Mathematics, 250 (2018) 28-37 (DOI: 10.1016/j.dam.2018.04.014) . [pdf]

[84] B. Bresar, S. Klavzar, D.F. Rall and K. Wash, Packing chromatic number versus chromatic and clique number, Aequationes Mathematicae, 92 (2018) 497-513 (doi.org/10.1007/s00010-017-0520-9) [pdf] .

[83] D.F. Rall and Kirsti Wash, On minimum identifying codes in some Cartesian product graphs, Graphs and Combinatorics, 33 (2017) 1037-1053 (DOI 10.1007/s00373-017-1813-4) [pdf] .

[82] M. Henning and D.F. Rall, Trees with equal total domination and game total domination numbers, Discrete Applied Mathematics, 226 (2017) 58-70 (DOI:10.1016/j.dam.2017.03.012) [pdf] .

[81] M. Henning, S. Klavzar and D.F. Rall, The 4/5 upper bound on the game total domination number, Combinatorica, 37 (2017) 223-251 (DOI 10.1007/s00493-015-3316-3) Full-text View-only [pdf] .

[80] B. Bresar, B.L. Hartnell and D.F. Rall, Uniformly dissociated graphs, Ars Mathematica Contemporanea, 13 (2017) 293-306 [pdf] . (DOI 10.26493/1855-3974.1013.46a)

[79] B. Bresar, S. Klavzar, D.F. Rall and K. Wash, Packing chromatic number, (1,1,2,2)-colorings, and characterizing the Petersen graph, Aequationes Mathematicae, 91 (2017) 169-184 (DOI 10.1007/s00010-016-0461-8) [pdf] .

[78] B. Bresar, S. Klavzar, D.F. Rall and K. Wash, Packing chromatic number under local changes in a graph, Discrete Mathematics, 340 (2017) 1110-1115 (DOI:10.1016/j.disc.2016.09.030) [pdf] .

[77] T.K. Sumenjak, I. Peterin, D.F. Rall and A. Tepeh, Partitioning the vertex set of $G$ to make $G \Box H$ an efficient open domination graph, Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science , 18:3 #10 (2016) 1-15 [pdf] .

[76] M. Henning and D.F. Rall, Progress towards the total domination game 3/4-conjecture, Discrete Mathematics, 339 (2016) 2620-2627 (DOI:10.1016/j.disc.2016.05.014) [pdf] .

[75] B. Bresar, M. Henning and D.F. Rall, Total dominating sequences in graphs, Discrete Mathematics, 339 (2016) 1665-1676 (DOI:10.1016/j.disc.2016.01.017) [pdf] .

[74] B. Bresar, S. Klavzar and D.F. Rall, Packing chromatic number of base-3 Sierpinski graphs, Graphs and Combinatorics, 32 (2016) 1313-1327 (DOI:10.1007/s00373-015-1647-x) Full-text View-only [pdf] .

[73] B. Bresar, S. Klavzar. G. Kosmrlj and D.F. Rall, Guarded subgraphs and the domination game, Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science, 17:1 (2015) 161-168 [pdf] .

[72] B. Bresar and D.F. Rall, On Cartesian products having a minimum dominating set that is a box or a stairway, Graphs and Combinatorics, 31 (2015) 1263-1270 (DOI:10.1007/s00373-014-1486-1) [pdf] .

[71] B. Bresar, T. Gologranc, M. Milanic, D.F. Rall and R. Rizzi, Dominating sequences in graphs, Discrete Mathematics, 336 (2014) 22-36 (DOI: 10.1016/j.disc.2014.07.016). [pdf] .

[70] M. Henning, S. Klavzar and D.F. Rall, Total version of the domination game, Graphs and Combinatorics, 31 (2015) 1453-1462 (DOI 10.1007/s00373-014-1470-9) [pdf] .

[69] W. Desormeaux, M. Henning, D.F. Rall and A. Yeo, Relating the annihilation number and the 2-domination number of a tree, Discrete Mathematics, 319C (2014) 15-23 (DOI: 10.1016/j.disc.2013.11.020). [pdf] .

[68] D.F. Rall and Kirsti Wash, Identifying codes of the direct product of two cliques, European Journal of Combinatorics, 36 (2014) 159-171 (DOI: 10.1016/j.ejc.2013.07.002). [pdf] .

[67] B. Hartnell and D.F. Rall, On the Cartesian product of non well-covered graphs, The Electronic Journal of Combinatorics, 20(2) #P21 (2013) 1-4 [pdf] .

[66] T.K. Sumenjak, D.F. Rall and A. Tepeh, Rainbow domination in the lexicographic product of graphs, Discrete Applied Mathematics, 161 (2013) 2133-2141 (DOI: 10.1016/j.dam.2013.03.011). [pdf]

[65] B. Bresar, S. Klavzar. G. Kosmrlj and D.F. Rall, Domination game: extremal families of graphs for the 3/5-conjectures, Discrete Applied Mathematics, 161 (2013) 1308-1316 (DOI: 10.1016/j.dam.2013.01.025). [pdf]

[64] B. Bresar, S. Klavzar and D.F. Rall, Domination game played on trees and spanning subgraphs, Discrete Mathematics, 313 (2013) 915-923 (DOI: 10.1016/j.disc.2013.01.014) . [pdf]

[63] M. Henning and D.F. Rall, On graphs with disjoint dominating and 2-dominating sets, Discussiones Mathematicae Graph Theory, 33 (2013) 139-146. [pdf]

[62] B. Hartnell and D.F. Rall, On graphs having maximal independent sets of exactly t distinct cardinalities, Graphs and Combinatorics 29(3) (2013) 519-525 (DOI: 10.1007/s00373-012-1132-8) . [pdf]

[61] B. Bresar, P. Dorbec, W. Goddard, B. Hartnell, M. Henning, S. Klavzar, and D. F. Rall, Vizing's Conjecture: A Survey and Recent Results, Journal of Graph Theory, 69 (2012) 46-76 (DOI: 10.1002/jgt.20565) . [pdf]

[60] B. Bresar, S. Klavzar and D.F. Rall, Domination game and an imagination strategy, SIAM Journal on Discrete Mathematics, 24 (2010) 979-991. [pdf]

[59] A. Finbow and D.F. Rall, On the packing chromatic number of some lattices, Discrete Applied Mathematics, 158 (2010) 1224-1228. [pdf]

[58] R. Gallant, G. Gunther, B. Hartnell and D.F. Rall, Limited packings in graphs, Discrete Applied Mathematics, 158 (2010) 1357-1364. [pdf]

Earlier Papers

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Electronic Journal of Combinatorics
AMS e-MATH
NSF Mathematical Sciences Institutes


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