Co-operative Agents in Network Defence

The question addressed in this paper is how can complex information networks survive hostile attacks and what mechanisms can increase survivability and defence in large-scale computing networks. As recent evidence indicates, firms, governments and other organisations urgently require better defensive strategies in cyberspace, (Anderson et al 1999, and Briney 2000). In particular, the ability of an information network to maintain itself in the face of continuous perturbation also raises more complex issues related to system metabolism, and network topology.

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