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Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society
Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 473136, 15 pages
doi:10.1155/2012/473136
Research Article

Effects of Resource Limitations and Cost Influences on Computer Virus Epidemic Dynamics and Tipping Points

Chung-Yuan Huang1 and Chuen-Tsai Sun2

1Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, Chang Gung University, 259 Wen Hwa 1st Road, Taoyuan 333, Taiwan
2Department of Computer Science, National Chiao Tung University, 1001 Ta Hsueh Road, Hsinchu 300, Taiwan

Received 8 July 2012; Accepted 22 September 2012

Academic Editor: Yanbing Liu

Copyright © 2012 Chung-Yuan Huang and Chuen-Tsai Sun. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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