Infection Spreading and Source Identification: A Hide and Seek Game

• Main Authors: Luo, Wuqiong, Tay, Wee Peng, Leng, Mei
• Other Authors: School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Infection source; Rumor source
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/81468; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/43480
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The goal of an infection source node (e.g., a rumor or computer virus source) in a network is to spread its infection to as many nodes as possible, while remaining hidden from the network administrator. On the other hand, the network administrator aims to identify the source node based on knowledge...