The spread of computer viruses under the influence of removable storage devices

Applied Mathematics and Computation

Volumn 219, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 3914-3922

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

^a SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHONGQING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Computer virus; Control policy; Epidemiological model; Global asymptotical stability; Virose equilibrium

Indexed keywords

CONTROL POLICY; EPIDEMIC THRESHOLD; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MODELS; GLOBAL ASYMPTOTICAL STABILITY; GLOBALLY ASYMPTOTICALLY STABLE; INTERNET ROUTES; SPREAD OF VIRUS;

CASCADE CONTROL SYSTEMS; INTERNET; MICROORGANISMS; VIRTUAL STORAGE;

COMPUTER VIRUSES;

EID: 84870066991     PISSN: 00963003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amc.2012.10.027     Document Type: Article

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