Abstract. Let 𝐼(𝐺;𝑥) denote the independence polynomial of a graph 𝐺. In this paper we study the unimodality properties of 𝐼(𝐺;𝑥) for some composite graphs 𝐺. Given two graphs 𝐺₁ and 𝐺₂, let ...

An algorithm is developed for the simultaneous optimization of several response functions that depend on the same set of controllable variables and are adequately represented by polynomial regression ...