Internet worm spread is a phenomenon involving millions of hosts, who interact in complex and diverse environment. Scanning speed of each infected host depends on its resources an...
As shown by the recent turmoil in credit markets, much remains to be done for the proper risk management of credit derivatives. In particular, the static copula-based models commo...
Recent occurrences of mobile worms like Cabir, Mabir and CommWarrior have created growing concerns over the security of data stored on mobile devices such as cell phones and PDAs....
Developing the ability to comprehensively study infections in small populations enables us to improve epidemic models and better advise individuals about potential risks to their h...
In this paper, we study how an opinion dynamics model can be the core of a collective decision-making mechanism for swarm robotics. Our main result is that when opinions represent ...
Marco Antonio Montes de Oca, Eliseo Ferrante, Nith...