Biology, immunology and information security

Information Security Technical Report

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 192-199

  Burgess, Mark ^a  

^a OSLO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY; PROBLEM SOLVING; SECURITY SYSTEMS; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; USER INTERFACES;

ARTIFICIAL IMMUNE SYSTEMS; AUTONOMIC COMPUTING; INGENIOUS CREATIVITY;

SECURITY OF DATA;

EID: 36749002714     PISSN: 13634127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.istr.2007.10.005     Document Type: Article

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