Authors:
Paolo Di Giamberardino
and
Daniela Iacoviello
Affiliation:
Dept. Computer, Control and Management Engineering Antonio Ruberti, Sapienza University of Rome, via Ariosto 25, 00185 Rome and Italy
Keyword(s):
Epidemic Modeling, Computer Virus, System Analysis, Optimal Control.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Engineering Applications
;
Industrial Engineering
;
Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics
;
Intelligent Control Systems and Optimization
;
Optimization Algorithms
;
Robotics and Automation
;
Signal Processing, Sensors, Systems Modeling and Control
;
System Modeling
;
Systems Modeling and Simulation
Abstract:
The aim of this paper is to propose an optimal control strategy to face the propagation effects of a virus outbreak on a network; a recently proposed model is integrated and analysed. Depending on the specific model caracteristics, the epidemic spread could be more or less dangerous leading to a virus free or to a virus equilibrium. Two possible controls are introduced: a test on the computers connected in a network and the antivirus. In a condition of limited resources the best allocation strategy should allow to reduce the spread of the virus as soon as possible.