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Table 2 Terminology and abbreviations used for SIIDR analysis

From: Modeling self-propagating malware with epidemiological models

Notation

Meaning

\(\beta\)

Infection rate

\({\tilde{\beta }}\)

Infection probability

\(\mu\)

Recovery rate

\(\gamma _1\)

Transition rate from infected to infected dormant compartment

\(\gamma _2\)

Transition rate from infected dormant to infected compartment

\(\zeta _{i, t}(I)\)

The probability of node i of not getting infected at time step t

\(\alpha _{XY}\)

The probability of a node to transition from state X to Y

\(\alpha _{XX}\)

The probability of a node to stay in the state X

DFE

Disease-free equilibrium point

\(R_0\)

The basic reproduction number

G

Next-generation matrix

X

The vector of individual numbers in each compartment

\(E^*\)

Equilibrium point for SIIDR as the system of ODEs

L

Lyapunov function

P

Each node’s vector of probabilities to be in each compartment

\(P^*\)

Equilibrium point for SIIDR as the NLDS

g

Matrix form of SIIDR represented as the NLDS

C

Linear part of SIIDR as the NLDS Matrix Form

B

Non-Linear Part of SIIDR as the NLDS Matrix Form

\(\mathbb {A}\)

Graph adjacency matrix

\(\lambda _A\)

The largest eigenvalue of the adjacency matrix \(\mathbb {A}\)

d

Degree of the d-regular Graph