Abstract :
Many graph theoretical parameters have been used to
describe the vulnerability of communication networks,
including toughness, binding number, rate of disruption,
neighbor-connectivity, integrity, mean integrity, edgeconnectivity
vector, l-connectivity and tenacity. In this
paper we discuss Integrity and its properties in vulnerability
calculation. The integrity of a graph G, I(G), is
defined to be min(| S | +m(G − S)) where S ⊂ V (G)
and m(G − S) is the maximum order of the components
of G − S. Similarly the edge-integrity of G is
I′(G) := min(| S | +m(G − S)) where now S ⊆ E(G).
Here and through the remaining sections, by an I-set
(with respect to some prescribed graph G) we will mean
a set S ⊂ V (G) for which I(G) =| S | +m(G − S). We
define an I′-set similarly.
In this paper we show a lower bound on the edgeintegrity
of graphs and present an algorithm for its computation.
Keywords :
Integrity parameter , toughness , neighborconnectivity , mean integrity , edge-connectivity vector , lconnectivity and tenacity