  An independent double Roman dominating function (IDRDF) on a graph $G=(V,E)$
is a function $f:V(G)\rightarrow \{0,1,2,3\}$ having the property that if
$f(v)=0$, then the vertex $v$ has at least two neighbors assigned $2$ under $f$
or one neighbor $w$ with assigned $3$ under $f$, and if $f(v)=1$, then there
exists $w\in N(v)$ with $f(w)\geq2$ such that the positive weight vertices are
independent. The weight of an IDRDF is the value $\sum_{u\in V}f(u)$. The
independent double Roman domination number $i_{dR}(G)$ of a graph $G$ is the
minimum weight of an IDRDF on G. We initiate the study of the independent
double Roman domination and show its relationships to both independent
domination number (IDN) and independent Roman $\{2\}$-domination number
(IR2DN). We present several sharp bounds on the IDRDN of a graph $G$ in terms
of the order of $G$, maximum degree and the minimum size of edge cover.
Finally, we show that, any ordered pair $(a,b)$ is realizable as the IDN and
IDRDN of some non-trivial tree if and only if $2a + 1 \le b \le 3a$.
