Towards the epidemiological modeling of computer viruses

Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society

Volumn 2012, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Yang, Xiaofan ^a,b   Yang, Lu Xing ^b  

^a SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHONGQING UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 84870050364     PISSN: 10260226     EISSN: 1607887X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/259671     Document Type: Article

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