A theoretical method for assessing disruptive computer viruses

Yingbo Wu, Pengdeng Li, Lu-Xing Yang, Xiaofan Yang and Yuan Yan Tang

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 2017, vol. 482, issue C, 325-336

Abstract: To assess the prevalence of disruptive computer viruses in the situation that every node in a network has its own virus-related attributes, a heterogeneous epidemic model is proposed. A criterion for the global stability of the virus-free equilibrium and a criterion for the existence of a unique viral equilibrium are given, respectively. Furthermore, extensive simulation experiments are conducted, and some interesting phenomena are found from the experimental results. On this basis, some policies of suppressing disruptive viruses are recommended.

Keywords: Disruptive computer virus; Heterogeneous epidemic model; Equilibrium; Global stability; Virus-spreading network; Spectral radius (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2017.04.044

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