The signed total Roman domatic number of a digraph

Abstract

Let [Formula: see text] be a finite simple digraph with vertex set [Formula: see text]. A signed total Roman dominating function (STRDF) on a digraph [Formula: see text] is a function [Formula: see text] such that (i) [Formula: see text] for every [Formula: see text], where [Formula: see text] consists of all inner neighbors of [Formula: see text], and (ii) every vertex [Formula: see text] for which [Formula: see text] has an inner neighbor [Formula: see text] for which [Formula: see text]. The weight of an STRDF [Formula: see text] is [Formula: see text]. The signed total Roman domination number [Formula: see text] of [Formula: see text] is the minimum weight of an STRDF on [Formula: see text]. A set [Formula: see text] of distinct STRDFs on [Formula: see text] with the property that [Formula: see text] for each [Formula: see text] is called a signed total Roman dominating family (STRD family) (of functions) on [Formula: see text]. The maximum number of functions in an STRD family on [Formula: see text] is the signed total Roman domatic number of [Formula: see text], denoted by [Formula: see text]. In this paper, we initiate the study of signed total Roman domatic number in digraphs and we present some sharp bounds for [Formula: see text]. In addition, we determine the signed total Roman domatic number of some classes of digraphs.