Total 2-Rainbow Domination in Graphs

A total k-rainbow dominating function on a graph G=(V,E) is a function f:V(G)→2{1,2,…,k} such that (i) ∪u∈N(v)f(u)={1,2,…,k} for every vertex v with f(v)=∅, (ii) ∪u∈N(v)f(u)≠∅ for f(v)≠∅. The weight of a total 2-rainbow dominating function is denoted by ω(f)=∑v∈V(G)|f(v)|. The total k-rainbow domination number of G is the minimum weight of a total k-rainbow dominating function of G. The minimum total 2-rainbow domination problem (MT2RDP) is to find the total 2-rainbow domination number of the input graph. In this paper, we study the total 2-rainbow domination number of graphs. We prove that the MT2RDP is NP-complete for planar bipartite graphs, chordal bipartite graphs, undirected path graphs and split graphs. Then, a linear-time algorithm is proposed for computing the total k-rainbow domination number of trees. Finally, we study the difference in complexity between MT2RDP and the minimum 2-rainbow domination problem.