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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>
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        <publisher-name>Taru Publications</publisher-name>
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      <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.47974/JDMSC-3077</article-id>
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        <article-title>A comprehensive study on the structural properties of distance-regular graphs and their applications in secure communication networks</article-title>
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          <name>
            <surname>Gaikwad</surname>
            <given-names>Sachin Sakharam</given-names>
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          <aff>Department of Information Technology, Army Institute of Technology, Dighi, Pune, Maharashtra, 411015, India</aff>
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          <name>
            <surname>Maheswari</surname>
            <given-names>G. Uma</given-names>
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          <aff>Department of Mathematics, Meenakshi College of Arts and Science, Meenakshi Academy of Higher Education &amp; Research (Deemed to be University), Chennai, Tamil Nadu, 600078, India</aff>
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          <name>
            <surname>Gogula</surname>
            <given-names>Srinivasulu</given-names>
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          <aff>Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Vardhaman College of Engineering, Shamshabad, Hyderabad, Telangana, 501218, India</aff>
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          <name>
            <surname>Nalawade</surname>
            <given-names>Vinay Shivajirao</given-names>
          </name>
          <aff>Department of AI &amp; Data Science Engineering, S. B. Patil College of Engineering, Indapur, Pune, Maharashtra, 413106, India</aff>
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        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Mokashi</surname>
            <given-names>Amruta Tejaskumar</given-names>
          </name>
          <aff>Department of Chemical Engineering, Vishwakarma Institute of Technology, Pune, Maharashtra, 411037, India</aff>
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          <name>
            <surname>Vanathi</surname>
            <given-names>A.</given-names>
          </name>
          <aff>Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Aditya University, Surampalem, Kakinada District, Andhra Pradesh, 533437, India</aff>
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          <name>
            <surname>Sharma</surname>
            <given-names>Varun Kumar</given-names>
          </name>
          <aff>Department of Biotechnology and Microbiology, Noida International University, Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, 203201, India</aff>
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      </contrib-group>
      <volume>29</volume>
      <issue>10-C</issue>
      <fpage>4611</fpage>
      <lpage>4621</lpage>
      <pub-date date-type="pub">
        <day>31</day>
        <month>10</month>
        <year>2026</year>
      </pub-date>
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        <p>Distance-regular graphs are a highly symmetric form of graph, whose connectivity patterns are based equally on distance, and are used both in theory and practice. The structural properties of distance-regular graphs discussed in this paper include the conditions of symmetry, intersection arrays, and their relationship to strongly regular graphs. It also talks about the distance-regular methods of algebraic constructions and graph operations. In order to enhance secure communication networks, it is proposed to use a hybrid scheme, which is a combination of graph-theoretic frameworks and the existing encryption schemes. The proposed method has been experimentally shown to increase the network robustness by 21.6 and structural attack vulnerability by 18.3 compared to traditional topologies. The findings depict how distance-regular graphs can be applicable in the formation of robust, scalable and secure communication frameworks in next generation distributed systems.</p>
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        <kwd>Algebraic graph theory</kwd>
        <kwd>Cryptographic network design</kwd>
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