Journal of Lanzhou University of Technology ›› 2025, Vol. 51 ›› Issue (2): 152-158.

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On the problem of burning and protecting of weighted graphs

LI Ruo-tong, WEI Zong-tian   

  1. School of Science, Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology, Xi’an 710055, China
  • Received:2023-05-17 Online:2025-04-28 Published:2025-04-29

Abstract: In order to reduce the loss caused by network disruptions, it is necessary to consider the protection strategy. Combining the idea of the firefighter problem with graph burning, the concepts of the relative protection strategy and maximum protection rate of weighted graphs are proposed. The maximum protecting rate calculation formulas of several types of typically weighted graphs and the constructing method of extremely weighted graphs based on the maximum protecting rate are given. Additionally, an approximation algorithm is designed for computing the maximum protection rate of general trees with radius 2 and 3. The relationships between the maximum protection rate, the weight values, the way of weighting, and the structure of graphs are revealed.

Key words: weighted graph, graph burning, protection strategy, maximum protecting rate, weighting

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