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A dominating set of a graph G is a set of vertices that contains at least one endpoint of every edge on the graph. The domination number of G is the order of a minimum dominating set of G. The (t, r) broadcast domination is a generalization of domination in which a set of broadcasting vertices emits signals of strength t that decrease by 1 as they traverse each edge, and we require that every vertex in the graph receives a cumulative signal of at least r from its set of broadcasting neighbors. In this paper, we extend the study of (t, r) broadcast domination to directed graphs. Our main result explores the interval of values obtained by considering the directed (t, r) broadcast domination numbers of all orientations of a graph G. In particular, we prove that in the cases 1 r = and ( ) ( ) , 2, 2 t r = , for every integer value in this interval, there exists an orientation G  of G which has directed (t, r) broadcast domination number equal to that value. We also investigate directed (t, r) broadcast domination on the finite grid graph, the star graph, the infinite grid graph, and the infinite triangular lattice graph. We conclude with some directions for future study.

Zero forcing is a process on graphs in which a color change rule is used to force vertices to become blue. The amount of time taken for all vertices in the graph to become blue is the propagation time. Throttling minimizes the sum of the number of initial blue vertices and the propagation time. In this paper, we study throttling in the context of directed graphs (digraphs). We characterize all simple digraphs with throttling number at most t and examine the change in the throttling number after flipping arcs and deleting vertices. We also introduce the orientation throttling interval (OTI) of an undirected graph, which is the range of throttling numbers achieved by the orientations of the graph. While the OTI is shown to vary among different graph families, some general bounds are obtained. Additionally, the maximum value of the OTI of a path is conjectured to be achieved by the orientation of a path whose arcs alternate in direction. The throttling number of this orientation is exactly determined in terms of the number of vertices.

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