R. Duane Skaggs
Morehead State University
Technology Coordinator
Office: LA 241A
Phone: 606.783.2848
Fax: 606.783.5002
Email: d.skaggs@moreheadstate.edu
Education
- Ph.D. (2007) The University of South Africa, Identifying Vertices in Graphs and Digraphs, advisors: Marietjie Frick and Gerd H. Fricke
- M.A. (1996) The University of Kentucky
Research Interests
- Graph theory
- Domination and identification of vertices
- Graph labels
- Analysis of algorithms
- Natural Language Processing
- Chessboard problems related to n-Queens problem and Queens separation
- High-performance computing
Papers
These papers may differ slightly from the published versions.
- R.D. Chatham, G.H. Fricke, and R.D. Skaggs, The Queens separation problem, Util. Math. 69 (2006) 129 - 141. pdf
- O. Favaron, G. Fricke, W. Goddard, S.M. Hedetniemi, S.T. Hedetniemi, P. Kristiansen, R. Laskar, and R.D. Skaggs, Offensive alliances, Discussiones Math. Graph Theory, 24:263-275, 2004. pdf
- M. Frick, G.H. Fricke, C.M Mynhardt, and R.D. Skaggs, Critical graphs with respect to vertex identification, to appear in Util. Math.. pdf
- R.D. Chatham, M. Doyle, G.H. Fricke, J. Reitmann, R.D. Skaggs, and M. Wolff, Independence and domination separation on chessboard graphs, to appear in J. Combin. Math. Combin. Comput.. pdf
- G.H. Fricke, F.N. Harary, and R.D. Skaggs, The sum cost of sum graphs, submitted.
Recent Courses
- Numerical Methods
- Linear Algebra
- Problem Solving
- Discrete Mathematics
- Theory of Computation
- Introduction to Computer Science
- Topics in Computer Security and Practical Cryptography
- Topics in Artificial Intelligence
- Database Systems (OUSC)
- Network Systems I (OUSC)
- Web Server Management (OUSC)
If you are interested, you can read a somewhat outdated description of my teaching philosophy.
Schedule
I am teaching Numerical Methods and Pre-Calculus Fall 2007.