A spatial stochastic model for worm propagation: Scale effects

Journal in Computer Virology

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 87-92

  Avlonitis, Markos ^a   Magkos, Emmanouil ^a   Stefanidakis, Michalis ^a   Chrissikopoulos, Vassilis ^a  

^a IONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER WORMS; INTERNET; NETWORK SECURITY;

EVOLUTION EQUATION; LOCAL PREFERENCE SCAN WORMS; MONITORING STRATEGIES; WORM POPULATION;

STOCHASTIC MODELS;

EID: 34249852710     PISSN: 17729890     EISSN: 17729904     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11416-007-0048-y     Document Type: Conference Paper

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