A probabilistic communication structure considers the setting with communication restrictions in which each pair of players has a probability to communicate directly. In this paper, we consider a more general framework, called a probabilistic communication structure with fuzzy coalition, that allows any player to have a participation degree to cooperate within a coalition. A maximal product spanning tree, indicating a way of the greatest possibility to communicate among the players, is introduced...

Let G be a graph of order n, and let a and b be two integers with 1 ≤ a ≤ b. Let h : E(G) → [0, 1] be a function. If a ≤ ∑e∋x h(e) ≤ b holds for any x ∈ V (G), then we call G[Fh] a fractional [a, b]-factor of G with indicator function h, where Fh = {e ∈ E(G) : h(e) > 0}. A graph G is fractional independent-set-deletable [a, b]-factor-critical (in short, fractional ID-[a, b]- factor-critical) if G − I has a fractional [a, b]-factor for every independent set I of G. In this paper, it is proved...

MSC 2010: 26A33, 05C72, 33E12, 34A08, 34K37, 35R11, 60G22The fractional calculus (FC) is an area of intensive research and development. In a previous paper and poster we tried to exhibit its recent state, surveying the period of 1966-2010. The poster accompanying the present note illustrates the major contributions during the period 1695-1970, the "old history" of FC.

The Erdős-Faber-Lovász conjecture is the statement that every graph that is the union of n cliques of size n intersecting pairwise in at most one vertex has chromatic number n. Kahn and Seymour proved a fractional version of this conjecture, where the chromatic number is replaced by the fractional chromatic number. In this note we investigate similar fractional relaxations of the Erdős-Faber-Lovász conjecture, involving variations of the fractional chromatic number. We exhibit some relaxations that...

Let G = (V,E) be a connected graph and let k be a positive integer with k ≤ rad(G). A subset D ⊆ V is called a distance k-dominating set of G if for every v ∈ V - D, there exists a vertex u ∈ D such that d(u,v) ≤ k. In this paper we study the fractional version of distance k-domination and related parameters.

An additive hereditary property of graphs is a class of simple graphs which is closed under unions, subgraphs and isomorphism. Let [...] be an additive hereditary property of graphs. A [...] -edge-coloring of a simple graph is an edge coloring in which the edges colored with the same color induce a subgraph of property [...] . In this paper we present some results on fractional [...] -edge-colorings. We determine the fractional [...] -edge chromatic number for matroidal properties of graphs.