A mixing propagation model of computer viruses and countermeasures

Nonlinear Dynamics

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1433-1441

  Zhu, Qingyi ^a,b   Yang, Xiaofan ^a,b   Yang, Lu Xing ^a,b   Zhang, Xulong ^a,b  

^a SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHONGQING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Computer virus; Countermeasure; Epidemic model; Equilibrium; Global asymptotic stability

Indexed keywords

ANTI VIRUS; COUNTERMEASURE; EPIDEMIC MODELS; GLOBAL ASYMPTOTIC STABILITY; GLOBAL STABILITY; PROPAGATION MODELS;

MIXING; PHASE EQUILIBRIA;

COMPUTER VIRUSES;

EID: 84880919302     PISSN: 0924090X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11071-013-0874-z     Document Type: Article

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