Distributive immunization of networks against viruses using the 'honey-pot' architecture

Nature Physics

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 184-188

  Goldenberg, Jacob ^a   Shavitt, Yuval ^b   Shir, Eran ^b   Solomon, Sorin ^a,c  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c ISI FOUNDATION   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY; FOOD PRODUCTS; IMMUNIZATION; LOSSES; VACCINES;

ANTI VIRUS; DEFENCE MECHANISMS; ECONOMIC LOSS; HONEYPOTS;

NETWORK ARCHITECTURE;

EID: 84869142129     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys177     Document Type: Article

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