A Graph Theoretic Approach to Spatial Modeling of Post Disaster Shelter Camps Using Rainbow and Roman Domination Parameters
This study addresses the challenge of post-disaster shelter layout planning, which requires balancing multi-type facility coverage with tiered capacity allocation—a task difficult for traditional methods to optimize jointly. This work proposes a graph-theoretic framework based on rainbow k-domination and Roman domination parameters to model simultaneous facility accessibility and service capacity hierarchies. Theoretically, we design a linear-time algorithm for computing minimum rainbow k-dominating sets on trees, establish novel bounds for both parameters in general graphs, characterize the structural properties under which their extremal values coincide, and prove the NP-completeness of the associated recognition problem. Experimentally, large-scale instances validate the scalability of the proposed model. Overall, this research provides a rigorous mathematical foundation and efficient solution strategies for post-disaster facility location.