Dynamic network security deployment under partial information

46th Annual Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and Computing

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 261-267

  Theodorakopoulos, George ^a   Baras, John S ^b   Le Boudec, Jean Yves ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOUNT OF INFORMATIONS; DYNAMIC NETWORK SECURITIES; ECONOMIC CONSIDERATIONS; EPIDEMIC MODELS; EQUILIBRIUM POINTS; GAME-THEORETIC MODELS; LEARNING PROCESS; MALWARE PROPAGATION; NETWORK COSTS; NETWORK USERS; PARTIAL INFORMATIONS; PERCEIVED UTILITIES; SECURITY PRODUCTS;

COMPUTER CRIME; COSTS; INTERNET;

NETWORK SECURITY;

EID: 64549103812     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ALLERTON.2008.4797565     Document Type: Conference Paper

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