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Modeling the Effects of Timing Parameters on Virus Propagation

• Tags:
• anti-virus,
• models,
• parameters,
• timing

Overview This paper investigates epidemiological models to reason about computer viral propagation and extends the classical homogeneous models to incorporate two timing parameters: Infection delay and user vigilance. The paper shows that these timing parameters greatly influence the propagation of viral epidemics, and that the explicit treatment of these parameters gives rise to a more realistic and accurate propagation model. The paper validates the new model with simulation analysis.

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