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Applicable Analysis
An International Journal
Volume 84, 2005 - Issue 1
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Dynamics of a virtual virus infection process involving a spatial distribution of interacting computers

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Pages 49-65 | Accepted 02 May 2004, Published online: 15 Aug 2006
 

Abstract

In this work we introduce a theoretical model for describing the dynamics of a virtual virus infection process in a set of interacting computers, considering spatial densities of susceptible and infected equipments distributed in a two dimensional region. We consider here two possible propagation mechanisms: the transmission and reception of electronic mails and also the exchange of softwares by means of recording devices as compact disks or the commonly used floppy disks. The model gives a good idea of the infection process and trends reproducing, satisfactorily, some previously obtained results concerning the homogeneous mixing case. The new nonlinear integral equation we obtain here presents certain interesting features which are explored and enlightened in this article.

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