The opportunistic transmission of wireless worms between mobile devices

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 387, Issue 27, 2008, Pages 6837-6844

  Rhodes, C J ^a   Nekovee, M ^b,c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MARTLESHAM HEATH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epidemic model; Kinetic theory; Mass action; Mobile computing; Wireless worms

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; KINETIC THEORY; MOBILE COMPUTING; SMARTPHONES; UBIQUITOUS COMPUTING;

ANALYTICAL EXPRESSIONS; EPIDEMIC MODELING; INDIVIDUAL BASED MODEL; MASS ACTION; OPPORTUNISTIC TRANSMISSION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; SHORT-RANGE COMMUNICATION; WIRELESS WORMS;

COMPUTER CRIME;

EID: 53949105871     PISSN: 03784371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2008.09.017     Document Type: Article

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