The microcosmic model of worm propagation

Computer Journal

Volumn 54, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1700-1720

  Wang, Yini ^a   Wen, Sheng ^a   Cesare, Silvio ^a   Zhou, Wanlei ^a   Xiang, Yang ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

network security; patch strategy; worm propagation

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL MODEL; COMPLEX MATRICES; PATCH STRATEGY; PROPAGATION PROBABILITIES; PROPAGATION PROCESS; SECURITY INDUSTRY; WORM PROPAGATION;

COMPUTER CRIME; EXPERIMENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NETWORK SECURITY;

INTERNET;

EID: 80053479500     PISSN: 00104620     EISSN: 14602067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/comjnl/bxr082     Document Type: Article

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