An Optimization Problem for Computing Predictive Potential of General Sum/Product-Connectivity Topological Indices of Physicochemical Properties of Benzenoid Hydrocarbons

For a graph G=(VG,EG), a degree-based graphical index GId takes the general form GId=∑xy∈EGϕ(dx,dy), where ϕ is a symmetric map and di is the degree of i∈VG. For α∈R, if ϕ=(dxdy)α (resp. ϕ=(dx+dy)α), the index is called the general product-connectivity Rα (resp. general sum-connectivity SCIα) index. In this paper, by formulating an optimization problem, we determine the value(s) of α, for which the linear/multiple correlation coefficient of Rα and SCIα with physicochemical properties of benzenoid hydrocarbons is the strongest. This, in turn, fills some research gaps left by similar studies in this area.