Security Modeling

August 25, 2004

This page includes links to research that attempts to model security phenonema mathematically. Cascade control in complex networks, Motter AE, Max Planck Institute, report #mpi-pks/0312006, 4pp, 10 July 2004, PDF. Complex networks with a skewed distribution of loads may undergo a global cascade of overload failures when key elements of the network are attacked or removed. Since a small shock has potential to trigger a global cascade, a fundamental question regards the possible mechanisms of defense. ...