Frailty modelling for risk analysis in network security and survivability

International Journal of Information and Computer Security

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 276-294

  Ma, Zhanshan Sam ^a,b  

^a KUNMING INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

Demography; Frailty; Frailty modeling; Individual hazard function; Network security and survivability; Population hazard function; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

GAME THEORY; POPULATION STATISTICS; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

DEMOGRAPHY; FRAILTY; FRAILTY MODELS; HAZARD FUNCTION; POPULATION HAZARDS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

NETWORK SECURITY;

EID: 79957870142     PISSN: 17441765     EISSN: 17441773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJICS.2011.040184     Document Type: Article

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