Optimal dissemination of security patches in mobile wireless networks

IEEE Transactions on Information Theory

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 4714-4732

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

^a Ohio State University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c INRIA   (France)

Author keywords

Communications security; nonlinear equations; optimal control

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH CONSUMPTION; BANG-BANG; COMMUNICATIONS SECURITY; CONTROL STRATEGIES; DYNAMIC CONTROLS; MALWARES; MINIMUM VALUE; MOBILE WIRELESS NETWORK; NETWORK COSTS; NUMERICAL COMPUTATIONS; OPTIMAL CONTROL PROBLEM; OPTIMAL CONTROLS; PACKET TRANSMISSIONS; SECURITY PATCHES; SECURITY RISKS; SECURITY THREATS; SIMPLE STRUCTURES; STATIC CONTROL; STRICTLY CONVEXES;

BANDWIDTH; COMMERCE; COST FUNCTIONS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS;

WIRELESS NETWORKS;

EID: 84862543010     PISSN: 00189448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIT.2012.2195295     Document Type: Article

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