%0 Journal Article %T On global offensive k-alliances in graphs %A Sergio Bermudo %A Juan A. Rodriguez-Velazquez %A Jose M. Sigarreta %A Ismael G. Yero %J Mathematics %D 2008 %I arXiv %R 10.1016/j.aml.2010.08.008 %X We investigate the relationship between global offensive $k$-alliances and some characteristic sets of a graph including $r$-dependent sets and $\tau$-dominating sets. As a consequence of the study, we obtain bounds on the global offensive $k$-alliance number in terms of several parameters of the graph. %U http://arxiv.org/abs/0812.1528v2