The Multi-Agent Based Reliability Modeling Approach for Networked Software System

Author(s):  
Qi Han ◽  
Theo Arentze ◽  
Harry Timmermans ◽  
Davy Janssens ◽  
Geert Wets

Contributing to the recent interest in the dynamics of activity-travel patterns, this chapter discusses a framework of an agent-based modeling approach focusing on the dynamic formation of (location) choice sets. Individual travelers are represented as agents, each with their cognition of the environment, habits, and activity-travel patterns. Agents learn through their experiences with the transport systems, changes in the environments and from their social network. Conceptually, agents are assumed to have an aspiration level associated with choice sets that in combination with evaluation results determine whether the agent will start exploring or persist in habitual behavior; an activation level of each (location) alternative that determines whether or not the alternative is included in the choice set in the next time step, and an expected (utility) function to evaluate each (location) alternative given current beliefs. Each of these elements is dynamic. Based on principles of reinforcement learning, Bayesian learning, and social comparison theories, the framework specifies functions for experience-based learning, extended and integrated with social learning.


2013 ◽  
Vol 133 (9) ◽  
pp. 1652-1657 ◽  
Author(s):  
Takeshi Nagata ◽  
Kosuke Kato ◽  
Masahiro Utatani ◽  
Yuji Ueda ◽  
Kazuya Okamoto ◽  
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2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-41
Author(s):  
Dr. S. Sarika ◽  

Phishing is a malicious and deliberate act of sending counterfeit messages or mimicking a webpage. The goal is either to steal sensitive credentials like login information and credit card details or to install malware on a victim’s machine. Browser-based cyber threats have become one of the biggest concerns in networked architectures. The most prolific form of browser attack is tabnabbing which happens in inactive browser tabs. In a tabnabbing attack, a fake page disguises itself as a genuine page to steal data. This paper presents a multi agent based tabnabbing detection technique. The method detects heuristic changes in a webpage when a tabnabbing attack happens and give a warning to the user. Experimental results show that the method performs better when compared with state of the art tabnabbing detection techniques.


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