The independence coloring game on graphs

Brešar, Boštjan (author), Mesarič Štesl, Daša (author)

We propose a new coloring game on a graph, called the independence coloring game, which is played by two players with opposite goals. The result of the game is a proper coloring of vertices of a graph G, and Alice’s goal is that as few colors as possible are used during the game, while Bob wants to maximize the number of colors. The game consists of rounds, and in round i, where i = 1, 2, , . . ., the players are taking turns in selecting a previously unselected vertex of G and giving it color i (hence, in each round the selected vertices form an independent set). The game ends when all vertices of G are selected (and thus colored), and the total number of rounds during the game when both players are playing optimally with respect to their goals, is called the independence game chromatic number, χ$_{ig}$(G), of G. In fact, four different versions of the independence game chromatic number are considered, which depend on who starts a game and who starts next rounds. We prove that the new invariants lie between the chromatic number of a graph and the maximum degree plus 1, and characterize the graphs in which each of the four versions of the game invariant equals 2. We compare the versions of the independence game chromatic number among themselves and with the classical game chromatic number. In addition, we prove that the independence game chromatic number of a tree can be arbitrarily large.

• Language: English
• Keywords: graph, coloring, coloring game, competition-independence game, game chromatic number, tree
• Work type: Article
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: FRI - Faculty of Computer and Information Science
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Year: 2022
• Number of pages: Str. 1413-1434
• Numbering: Vol. 45, iss. 9
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-143673
• UDC: 519.174.7
• ISSN on article: 1607-3606
• DOI: 10.2989/16073606.2021.1947919
• COBISS.SI-ID: 70914307
• Publication date in RUL: 06.01.2023

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Quaestiones mathematicae
• Shortened title: Quaest. math.
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis, National Inquiry Services Centre, South African Mathematical Society
• ISSN: 1607-3606
• COBISS.SI-ID: 514029849

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Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Keywords: graf, barvanje, igra barvanja, neodvisna dominacijska igra, igralno kromatično število, drevo