An epidemic model with adaptive virus spread control for Wireless Sensor Networks

International Journal of Security and Networks

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 201-210

  Tang, Shensheng ^a   Li, Wei ^b  

^a MISSOURI WESTERN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive network protection; Epidemic model; Infective node; Network failure; Virus spread; Wireless sensor network; WSNs

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS; DISEASE CONTROL; SENSOR NODES; VIRUSES; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

ADAPTIVE NETWORK PROTECTIONS; EPIDEMIC MODELING; INFECTIVE NODES; NETWORK FAILURE; VIRUS SPREADS; WSNS;

COMPUTER VIRUSES;

EID: 84863170280     PISSN: 17478405     EISSN: 17478413     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJSN.2011.045228     Document Type: Article

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