A New Invariant Regarding Irreversible k-Threshold Conversion Processes on Some Graphs

       An irreversible k-threshold conversion (k-conversion in short) process on a graph  is a specific type of graph diffusion problems which particularly studies the spread of a change of state of the vertices of the graph starting with an initial chosen set while the conversion spread occurs acc...

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Main Authors: Ali Kassem, Suhail Mahfud, Ramy Shaheen
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Published: University of Baghdad, College of Science for Women 2024-10-01
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description        An irreversible k-threshold conversion (k-conversion in short) process on a graph  is a specific type of graph diffusion problems which particularly studies the spread of a change of state of the vertices of the graph starting with an initial chosen set while the conversion spread occurs according to a pre -determined conversion rule. Irreversible k-conversion study the diffusion of a conversion of state (from 0 to 1) on the vertex set of a graph . At the first step  a set .is selected and for    is obtained by adding all vertices that have k or more neighbors in  to .  is called the seed set of the process and a seed set is called an irreversible k-threshold conversion set (IkCS) of  if the following condition is achieved: Starting from  and for some ; . The minimum cardinality of all the IkCSs of  is called the k- conversion number of  (denoted as ( ). In this paper, a new invariant called the irreversible k-threshold conversion time (denoted by ( ) is defined. This invariant retrieves the minimum number of steps that the minimum IkCS needs in order to convert  entirely.  is studied on some simple graphs such as paths, cycles and star graphs.  and  are also determined for the tensor product of a path  and a cycle  ( which is denoted by ) for some values of  Finally, of the Ladder graph .
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spelling doaj-art-42ba2fe623bf4ebd8a3a506be70d01cc2025-08-20T03:33:11ZengUniversity of Baghdad, College of Science for Womenمجلة بغداد للعلوم2078-86652411-79862024-10-01211010.21123/bsj.2024.9271A New Invariant Regarding Irreversible k-Threshold Conversion Processes on Some GraphsAli Kassem0Suhail Mahfud1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1275-9191 Ramy Shaheen2Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, Tishreen University, Lattakia, Syria.Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, Tishreen University, Lattakia, Syria.Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, Tishreen University, Lattakia, Syria.        An irreversible k-threshold conversion (k-conversion in short) process on a graph  is a specific type of graph diffusion problems which particularly studies the spread of a change of state of the vertices of the graph starting with an initial chosen set while the conversion spread occurs according to a pre -determined conversion rule. Irreversible k-conversion study the diffusion of a conversion of state (from 0 to 1) on the vertex set of a graph . At the first step  a set .is selected and for    is obtained by adding all vertices that have k or more neighbors in  to .  is called the seed set of the process and a seed set is called an irreversible k-threshold conversion set (IkCS) of  if the following condition is achieved: Starting from  and for some ; . The minimum cardinality of all the IkCSs of  is called the k- conversion number of  (denoted as ( ). In this paper, a new invariant called the irreversible k-threshold conversion time (denoted by ( ) is defined. This invariant retrieves the minimum number of steps that the minimum IkCS needs in order to convert  entirely.  is studied on some simple graphs such as paths, cycles and star graphs.  and  are also determined for the tensor product of a path  and a cycle  ( which is denoted by ) for some values of  Finally, of the Ladder graph . https://bsj.uobaghdad.edu.iq/index.php/BSJ/article/view/9271Graph conversion process, k-Threshold conversion number, k-Threshold conversion time, Ladder graph, Seed set, Tensor product
spellingShingle Ali Kassem
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Ramy Shaheen
A New Invariant Regarding Irreversible k-Threshold Conversion Processes on Some Graphs
مجلة بغداد للعلوم
Graph conversion process, k-Threshold conversion number, k-Threshold conversion time, Ladder graph, Seed set, Tensor product
title A New Invariant Regarding Irreversible k-Threshold Conversion Processes on Some Graphs
title_full A New Invariant Regarding Irreversible k-Threshold Conversion Processes on Some Graphs
title_fullStr A New Invariant Regarding Irreversible k-Threshold Conversion Processes on Some Graphs
title_full_unstemmed A New Invariant Regarding Irreversible k-Threshold Conversion Processes on Some Graphs
title_short A New Invariant Regarding Irreversible k-Threshold Conversion Processes on Some Graphs
title_sort new invariant regarding irreversible k threshold conversion processes on some graphs
topic Graph conversion process, k-Threshold conversion number, k-Threshold conversion time, Ladder graph, Seed set, Tensor product
url https://bsj.uobaghdad.edu.iq/index.php/BSJ/article/view/9271
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