Propagation of computer virus under the influences of infected external computers and removable storage media: Modeling and analysis

Nonlinear Dynamics

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 1349-1356

  Gan, Chenquan ^a   Yang, Xiaofan ^a   Zhu, Qingyi ^a  

^a CHONGQING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Computer virus; Dynamical model; External computer; Removable storage medium; Stability; Viral equilibrium

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; DYNAMICS; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING;

DYNAMICAL MODEL; GLOBALLY ASYMPTOTICALLY STABLE; MODEL AND ANALYSIS; REMOVABLE STORAGE MEDIAS; STORAGE MEDIUM; SYSTEMATIC ANALYSIS; VIRAL SPREAD;

COMPUTER VIRUSES;

EID: 84911006265     PISSN: 0924090X     EISSN: 1573269X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11071-014-1521-z     Document Type: Article

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