TY  - JOUR
AU  - Piqueira, Jos R.S. 
AU  - Navarro, Betyna F. 
AU  - Monteiro, Luiz H.A. 
PY  - 2005
TI  - Epidemiological Models Applied to Viruses in Computer Networks
JF  - Journal of Computer Science
VL  - 1
IS  - 1
DO  - 10.3844/jcssp.2005.31.34
UR  - https://thescipub.com/abstract/jcssp.2005.31.34
AB  - To investigate the use of classical epidemiological models for studying computer virus propagation we described analogies between computer and population disease propagation using SIR (Susceptible-Infected-Removed) epidemiological models. By modifying these models with the introduction of anti-viral individuals we analyzed the stability of the disease free equilibrium points. Consequently, the basal virus reproduction rate gives some theoretical hints about how to avoid infections in a computer network. Numerical simulations show the dynamics of the process for several parameter values giving the number of infected machines as a function of time.