Mathematical Models for Malware Propagation in Wireless Sensor Networks: An Analysis

Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) are a fundamental part of many emerging ICT scenarios, and, consequently, there are several security threats to which they are exposed. In recent years, malware propagation has gained special attention due to the resource improvements of sensor nodes of WSNs. The main goal of this work is to perform an analysis of the mathematical models proposed in the scientific literature by focusing the attention on network models. From this study, some suggestions in order to design efficient mathematical models for malware propagation in WSNs are proposed.

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