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      <journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">journal-of-information-and-optimization-sciences</journal-id>
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        <journal-title>Journal of Information and Optimization Sciences</journal-title>
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      <issn publication-format="electronic">2169-0103</issn>
      <issn publication-format="print">0252-2667</issn>
      <publisher>
        <publisher-name>Taru Publications</publisher-name>
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      <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.47974/JIOS-1879</article-id>
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        <article-title>Geodetic sets in zero-divisor graphs</article-title>
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        <contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes">
          <name>
            <surname>Sandhya</surname>
            <given-names>P. S.</given-names>
          </name>
          <aff>Department of Mathematics, Nirmala College for Women, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, 641018, India</aff>
        </contrib>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Mary</surname>
            <given-names>U.</given-names>
          </name>
          <aff>Department of Mathematics, Nirmala College for Women, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, 641018, India</aff>
        </contrib>
      </contrib-group>
      <volume>46</volume>
      <issue>5</issue>
      <fpage>1639</fpage>
      <lpage>1644</lpage>
      <pub-date date-type="pub">
        <day>22</day>
        <month>05</month>
        <year>2025</year>
      </pub-date>
      <abstract>
        <p>In this study we analyze the characteristics of finite rings by examining the structural properties of graphs derived from algebraic frameworks and specifically aims to explore the unique attributes of geodetic sets within the zero-divisor graph associated with certain classes of finite rings.</p>
      </abstract>
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        <kwd>Geodetic number</kwd>
        <kwd>Geodetic sets</kwd>
        <kwd>Zero-divisor graph</kwd>
        <kwd>Commutative ring</kwd>
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