Modeling computer virus prevalence with a susceptible-infected-susceptible model with reintroduction

Computational Statistics and Data Analysis

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 3-23

  Wierman, John C ^a   Marchette, David J ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NAVAL SURFACE WARFARE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer virus; Epidemic; Quasi stationary; SIS Model

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SECURITY OF DATA;

EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MODELS;

COMPUTER VIRUSES;

COMPUTER SYSTEM;

EID: 0442280819     PISSN: 01679473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-9473(03)00113-0     Document Type: Article

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