A finite-state model of botnets’ desinfection and removal

Abstract

Existing multi-agent systems (either for implementing distributed security threats or for countering them in the Internet) either do not maintain agent graph connectivity or maintain it with network redundancy, which significantly increases the overheads. The paper analyzes a finite-state model of adaptive behavior in a multi-agent system. This model uses a d-regular agent graph and some methods to maintain network connectivity, which provides sustainable system performance in aggressive environment.