Parallel systems with different types of defence resource expenditure under two sequential attacks

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part O: Journal of Risk and Reliability

Volumn 223, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 71-85

  Hausken, K ^a   Levitin, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

^b ISRAEL ELECTRIC CORPORATION   (Israel)

Author keywords

Attack; Defence; Minmax; Optimization; Protection; Survivability

Indexed keywords

ATTACK; DEFENCE; MINMAX; PROTECTION; SURVIVABILITY;

OPTIMIZATION;

COMPUTER CRIME;

EID: 70349481729     PISSN: 1748006X     EISSN: 17480078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/1748006XJRR223     Document Type: Article

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