PACKING PARAMETERS IN GRAPHS

In a graph G = (V, E), a non-empty set S subset of V is said to be an open packing set if no two vertices of S have a common neighbour in G. An open packing set which is not a proper subset of any open packing set is called a maximal open packing set. The minimum and maximum cardinalities of a maximal open packing set are respectively called the lower open packing number and the open packing number and are denoted by rho(0)(L) and rho(0). In this paper, we present some bounds on these parameters.