Scientists at the University of Michigan created the model to help develop a basis for understanding the strategic implications of cyber technology.
Focusing on the timing of cyber conflict, the model analyses when an attacker is most motivated to exploit vulnerabilities in a target's computer system for espionage or disruption.
"One of our major contributions is to develop some concepts to deal with this new realm of cyber conflict," said Robert Axelrod, professor of political science and public policy at U-M's Ford School.
"It took 15 years in the nuclear world for people to understand the implications of nuclear technology.
“It is our hope that it won't take that long to understand the strategic capabilities of cyber technology," Axelrod said.
The researchers developed two concepts.
One is stealth, which is the
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