3 papers
cs.CY2021
Challenges in cybersecurity: Lessons from biological defense systems
Edward Schrom, Ann Kinzig, Stephanie Forrest +18
We explore the commonalities between methods for assuring the security of computer systems (cybersecurity) and the mechanisms that have evolved through natural selection to protect…
q-bio.PE2019
Mobility restrictions for the control of epidemics: When do they work?
Baltazar Espinoza, Carlos Castillo-Chavez, Charles Perrings
Mobility restrictions - travel advisories, trade and travel bans, border closures and, in extreme cases, area quarantines or cordons sanitaires - are among the most widely used mea…
q-bio.PE2015
SIS and SIR epidemic models under virtual dispersal
Derdei Bichara, Yun Kang, Carlos Castillo-Chavez +2
In this paper, we develop a multi-group epidemic framework via virtual dispersal where the risk of infection is a function of the residence time and local environmental risk. This…