Abstract

Arce (Malware and market share. J Cybersecur 2018;4:tyy010) presents a game-theoretic model in which users select and hackers target one of two IT platforms based upon the platforms’ network benefits and security levels. Unfortunately, in modelling the network benefits, Arce misinterprets Metcalfe’s law. In particular, he assumes that the utility that a user obtains from a platform increases quadratically with the number of users, whereas Metcalfe’s law holds that utility increases linearly with network size.

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恶意软件和市场份额：对Arce的评论

摘要

阿尔塞（恶意软件和市场份额。ĴCyber​​secur 2018; 4：tyy010）提出了一个博弈论模型，其中用户选择和黑客瞄准的基于平台的网络效益和安全级别的两个IT平台之一。不幸的是，在建模网络收益时，Arce曲解了梅特卡夫定律。特别是，他假设用户从平台获得的效用随用户数量成倍增加，而梅特卡夫定律则认为效用随网络规模线性增加。