A local mean field analysis of security investments in networks

SIGCOMM 2008 Conference and the Co-located Workshops - Proceedings of the 3rd International Workshop on Economics of Networked Systems, NetEcon'08

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 25-30

  Lelarge, Marc ^a   Bolot, Jean ^b  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^b Sprint   (United States)

Author keywords

Economics; Epidemics; Free rider problem; Game theory; Price of anarchy; Security; Tipping

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMICS; FREE-RIDER PROBLEM; PRICE OF ANARCHY; SECURITY; TIPPING;

ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GAME THEORY; GRAPH THEORY; INTERNET; INTERNET PROTOCOLS; INVESTMENTS; NETWORK SECURITY; TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS;

COMPUTER VIRUSES;

EID: 65249114132     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1403027.1403034     Document Type: Conference Paper

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