The acyclic chromatic number of a graph. This is the smallest size of a vertex partition $\{V_1,\dots,V_k\}$ such that each $V_i$ is an independent set and for all $i,j$ the subgraph inducted by $V_i\cup V_j$ does not contain a cycle.

The connected partition number of a graph. This is the maximal number of blocks of a set partition $P$ of the set of vertices of a graph such that contracting each block of $P$ to a single vertex yields a clique. Also called the pseudoachromatic number of a graph. This is the largest $n$ such that there exists a (not necessarily proper) $n$-coloring of the graph so that every two distinct colors are adjacent.

The tree-depth of a graph. The tree-depth $\operatorname{td}(G)$ of a graph $G$ whose connected components are $G_1,\ldots,G_p$ is recursively defined as $$\operatorname{td}(G)=\begin{cases} 1, & \text{if }|G|=1\\ 1 + \min_{v\in V} \operatorname{td}(G-v), & \text{if } p=1 \text{ and } |G| > 1\\ \max_{i=1}^p \operatorname{td}(G_i), & \text{otherwise} \end{cases}$$ Nešetřil and Ossona de Mendez [2] proved that the tree-depth of a connected graph is equal to its minimum elimination tree height and its centered chromatic number (fewest colors needed for a vertex coloring where every connected induced subgraph has a color that appears exactly once). Tree-depth is strictly greater than [[St000536|pathwidth]]. A [[St001120|longest path]] in $G$ has at least $\operatorname{td}(G)$ vertices [3].

The treewidth of a graph. A graph has treewidth zero if and only if it has no edges. A connected graph has treewidth at most one if and only if it is a tree. A connected graph has treewidth at most two if and only if it is a series-parallel graph.

The size of a minimal vertex cover of a graph. A '''vertex cover''' of a graph $G$ is a subset $S$ of the vertices of $G$ such that each edge of $G$ contains at least one vertex of $S$. Finding a minimal vertex cover is an NP-hard optimization problem.

The pathwidth of a graph.

The size of a partition minus its first part. This is the number of boxes in its diagram that are not in the first row.

The normalized sum of the minimal distances to a greater element. Set $\pi_0 = \pi_{n+1} = n+1$, then this statistic is $$ \sum_{i=1}^n \min_d(\pi_{i-1-d}>\pi_i\text{ or }\pi_{i+1+d}>\pi_i) $$ A closely related statistic appears in [1]. The generating function for the sequence of maximal values attained on $\mathfrak S_r$, $r\geq 0$ apparently satisfies the functional equation $$ (x-1)^2 (x+1)^3 f(x^2) - (x-1)^2 (x+1) f(x) + x^3 = 0. $$