Vulnerability analysis of immunity-based intrusion detection systems using genetic and evolutionary hackers

Applied Soft Computing Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 547-553

  Dozier, Gerry ^a   Brown, Douglas ^b   Hou, Haiyu ^a   Hurley, John ^c  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CLARK ATLANTA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BOEING COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial immune systems; GENERTIA; Intrusion detection systems

Indexed keywords

GENETIC ALGORITHMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; SECURITY OF DATA;

ARTIFICIAL IMMUNE SYSTEMS; INTRUSION DETECTION SYSTEMS;

SECURITY SYSTEMS;

EID: 33846814873     PISSN: 15684946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asoc.2006.05.001     Document Type: Article

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