Dynamic malware containment under an epidemic model with alert

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 470, Issue , 2017, Pages 249-260

  Zhang, Tianrui ^a   Yang, Lu Xing ^b   Yang, Xiaofan ^a   Wu, Yingbo ^a   Tang, Yuan Yan ^c  

^a CHONGQING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Delft University of Technology ^*  (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MACAU   (Macao)

Author keywords

Dynamic malware containment; Malware; Node level epidemic model; Optimal control

Indexed keywords

MALWARE; OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION;

ADMISSIBLE CONTROL; EPIDEMIC MODELING; MALWARE DETECTION; OPTIMAL CONTROL PROBLEM; OPTIMAL CONTROL STRATEGY; OPTIMAL CONTROLS; OPTIMALITY SYSTEM; UPPER AND LOWER BOUNDS;

DISEASE CONTROL;

EID: 85006795661     PISSN: 03784371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2016.11.143     Document Type: Article

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