 Edge-based modeling of computer virus contagion on a tripartite graphWei Pan and Zhen Jin Applied Mathematics and Computation, 2018, vol. 320, issue C, 282-291 Abstract: As a typical computer virus, a file virus can parasitize in executable files and infect other files when the host files are executed. Due to the strong similarity between computer viruses and their biological counterparts, in this paper we adapt the epidemiologically compartmental models to study the computer virus contagion. To trace the transmission process of file viruses and determine effective control measures, we derive a pairwise mathematical model by taking account of edge-based contagions. By constructing a tripartite graph, we can determine the potential edges on which contagions take place. The sensitivity analysis for some parameters is performed, indicating that the contagion of file viruses can be effectively restrained by reducing the use of portable storage devices with computers which have not installed antivirus softwares or by reducing the transmission rate from infected web pages to susceptible computers. It is also found that the final number of infected computers is much lower in scale-free networks than in Poisson degree distributed networks. Keywords: File virus; Edge-based contagion; Tripartite graph (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:apmaco:v:320:y:2018:i:c:p:282-291 DOI: 10.1016/j.amc.2017.09.044 Access Statistics for this article Applied Mathematics and Computation is currently edited by Theodore Simos More articles in Applied Mathematics and Computation from Elsevier |
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