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      <journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">journal-of-discrete-mathematical-sciences-and-cryptography</journal-id>
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        <journal-title>Journal of Discrete Mathematical Sciences and Cryptography</journal-title>
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      <issn publication-format="electronic">2169-0065</issn>
      <issn publication-format="print">0972-0529</issn>
      <publisher>
        <publisher-name>Taru Publications</publisher-name>
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      <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.47974/JDMSC-2299</article-id>
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        <article-title>On edge metric dimension of chemical chains</article-title>
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        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Amjad</surname>
            <given-names>Beenish</given-names>
          </name>
          <aff>Department of Mathematics, Rawalpindi Women University, Rawalpindi, 46000, Pakistan</aff>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Hameed</surname>
            <given-names>Sarah Abdul</given-names>
          </name>
          <aff>Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Computer Science and Mathematics, University of Kufa, Najaf, 540011, Iraq</aff>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Yousif</surname>
            <given-names>Abdulkhaleq  Husham</given-names>
          </name>
          <aff>Department of Mathematics, Research and Studies Center, Iraqi University, Baghdad, 10071, Iraq</aff>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Afzal</surname>
            <given-names>Deeba</given-names>
          </name>
          <aff>Department of Mathematics, Rawalpindi Women University, Rawalpindi, 46000, Pakistan</aff>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Mustafa</surname>
            <given-names>Saima</given-names>
          </name>
          <aff>Department of Mathematics, Rawalpindi Women University, Rawalpindi, 46000, Pakistan</aff>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Farahani</surname>
            <given-names>Mohammad  Reza</given-names>
          </name>
          <aff>School of Mathematics and Computer Science, Iran University of Science and Technology (IUST), Narmak, Tehran, 16844, Iran</aff>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes">
          <name>
            <surname>Alaeiyan</surname>
            <given-names>Mehdi</given-names>
          </name>
          <aff>Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Iran University of Science and Technology (IUST), Narmak, Tehran, 16844, Iran</aff>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Cancan</surname>
            <given-names>Murat</given-names>
          </name>
          <aff>Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Education, Yuzuncu Yil University, Van, 65090, Turkey</aff>
        </contrib>
      </contrib-group>
      <fpage>1</fpage>
      <lpage>12</lpage>
      <pub-date date-type="pub">
        <day>04</day>
        <month>09</month>
        <year>2026</year>
      </pub-date>
      <abstract>
        <p>The fundamentals of edge metric dimension are examined in this study, along with constraints for various graph types and algorithms for quickly computing edge-resolving sets. The EMD of a graph is an uniqueness of the metric dimension, which originated from the graph’s emphasis on vertex resolving sets. In this context, an edge-resolving set is a collection of vertices in which each edge of the graph can be particularly recognized by its distance from the vertices. In fields where edges must be found, such as network topology, robotic mobility, chemistry and combinatorial optimization, it is crucial.</p>
      </abstract>
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        <kwd>Resolving set</kwd>
        <kwd>Metric basis</kwd>
        <kwd>Metric dimension</kwd>
        <kwd>Chemical chains</kwd>
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