@conference{rmagan_agent_jitel2013,
author = "Mag{\'a}n-Carri{\'o}n, Roberto  and Camacho, Jos{\'e} and Garc{\'i}a-Teodoro, Pedro ",
abstract = "This paper introduces a response mechanism to
improve the tolerance against security threats in MANET
environments. The mechanism is launched after detecting the
existence of nodes with malicious behavior, and is based on the
use of one or more mobile agents to improve the connectivity of
the network. This way, in the event of the detection of a malicious
node (e.g. a selfish node or a dropper node), a set of agents are
deployed to recover and maximize the overall connectivity of the
network. Every agent acts as a relaying node within the MANET
and is automatically positioned according to a particle swarm
optimization (PSO) process. Also, the paper introduces some
improvements in the use of PSO to maximize the connectivity in
comparison to previous works. The experimental results show
the suitability of the approach to improve the survivability of
the network from a security perspective.",
booktitle = "XI Jornadas de Ingenier{\'i}a Telem{\'a}tica (JITEL 2013)",
isbn = "978-84-616-5597-7",
keywords = "Agent;PSO;detection mechanism;Malicious behavior;MANET;response;survivability;tolerance",
month = "October",
pages = "445-452",
title = "{A} {S}ecurity {R}esponse {A}pproach {B}ased on the {D}eployment of {M}obile {A}gents: {L}imitations and {I}mprovements",
year = "2013",
}