# The Roman domination and domatic numbers of a digraph

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1 College of Science, East China University of Technology, Nanchang, P. R. China

2 Department of Mathematics, Minjiang University, Fuzhou, China

Abstract

A Roman dominating function (RDF) on a digraph $D$ is a function $f: V(D)\rightarrow {0,1,2}$ satisfying the condition that every vertex $v$ with $f(v)=0$ has an in-neighbor $u$ with $f(u)=2$. The weight of an RDF $f$ is the value $\sum_{v\in V(D)}f(v)$. The Roman domination number of a digraph $D$ is the minimum weight of an RDF on $D$. A set $\{f_1,f_2,\dots,f_d\}$ of Roman dominating functions on $D$ with the property that $\sum_{i=1}^df_i(v)\le2$ for each $vin V(D)$, is called a Roman dominating family (of functions) on $D$. The maximum number of functions in a Roman dominating family on $D$ is the Roman domatic number of $D$, denoted by $d_{R}(D)$. In this paper we continue the investigation of the Roman domination number, and we initiate the study of the Roman domatic number in digraphs. We present some bounds for $d_{R}(D)$. In addition, we determine the Roman domatic number of some digraphs.

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