Estimating botnet virulence within mathematical models of botnet propagation dynamics

Computers and Security

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 791-802

  Rrushi, Julian ^a   Mokhtari, Ehsan ^a   Ghorbani, Ali A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Botnets; Mathematical modeling; Statistical learning and inference; Stochastic processes

Indexed keywords

BOTNETS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MODELS; EXPERIMENTAL EVALUATION; INFECTION RATES; KEY FACTORS; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; MATLAB PROGRAMMING; NETWORK SIMULATION; NETWORK VULNERABILITY; NOVEL APPLICATIONS; PROPAGATION DYNAMICS; RANDOM SAMPLING; STATISTICAL LEARNING; STATISTICAL LEARNING AND INFERENCE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DYNAMICS; MATLAB; NETWORK SECURITY; RANDOM PROCESSES; RESEARCH; SAMPLING;

STOCHASTIC MODELS;

EID: 80955158545     PISSN: 01674048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cose.2011.07.004     Document Type: Article

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