Dispatch then stop: Optimal dissemination of security patches in mobile wireless networks

Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 2354-2359

  Khouzani, M H R ^a   Sarkar, Saswati ^a,b   Altman, Eitan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b INRIA   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; MALWARE; OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; WIRELESS NETWORKS;

CONTROL STRATEGIES; MOBILE WIRELESS NETWORK; OPTIMAL CONTROL PROBLEM; OPTIMAL CONTROL STRATEGY; PACKET TRANSMISSIONS; RESOURCE CONSUMPTION; SECURITY THREATS; SIMPLE STRUCTURES;

NETWORK SECURITY;

EID: 79953154031     PISSN: 07431546     EISSN: 25762370     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/CDC.2010.5717273     Document Type: Conference Paper

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