Smartphones are pervasively used in society, and have been both the target and victim of
malware writers. Motivated by the significant threat that presents to legitimate users, we …

There are the two common means for propagating worms: scanning vulnerable computers in
the network and spreading through topological neighbors. Modeling the propagation of …

Given a social network with diffusion probabilities as edge weights and a positive integer k,
which k nodes should be chosen for initial injection of information to maximize the influence …

Online social networks (OSNs) are structures that help users to interact, exchange, and
propagate new ideas. The identification of the influential users in OSNs is a significant …

Online social networks (OSN) have become one of the major platforms for people to
exchange information. Both positive information (eg, ideas, news and opinions) and …

Cellular networks (eg, 3G) are currently facing severe traffic overload problems caused by
excessive traffic demands. Offloading part of the cellular traffic through other forms of …

With the advancement of smartphones, mobile social networks (MSNs) have emerged
where information can be shared among mobile users via opportunistic peer-to-peer links …

An improved SIRS model considering communication radius and distributed density of
nodes is proposed. The proposed model captures both the spatial and temporal dynamics of …

Restraining the spread of rumors in online social networks (OSNs) has long been an
important but difficult problem to be addressed. Currently, there are mainly two types of …

The proliferation of the Internet of Things (IoT) devices has provided attackers with
tremendous opportunities to launch various cyber-attacks. It has been challenging to …