Publications

Publications

Mohammad Baqer, Michael Lowry, and Axel W. Krings, ``Reliability of Vehicle-to-Micromobility Safety Communication'', ASCE's Journal of Transportation Engineering, Part A: Systems, accepted for publication May 2022.
Mohammad Baqer, Axel Krings, Michael Lowry and Ahmed Abdel-Rahim, "Connected Vehicle Safety Applications using V2X Under Consideration of Bicycles, Pedestrians and Persons with Special Needs", PacTrans, Final Report, 08/16/2021. (Final Report)
Osama AlQahtani1, Frederick T. Sheldon, Axel Krings, and Julie Beeston, "Cluster Merging Scheme in VANETs", in Proc. Future Technologies Conference (FTC) 2020, 5-6 November, Vancouver, Canada, 2020.
Mohamed Mohamed, and Axel Krings, "An Enhanced Active Sybil Detection Algorithm and its Impact on the Reliability of Safety Applications in VANET", in Proc. Information and Computer Technologies, (ICICT 2020), March 9-12, Silicon Valley, San Jose, 2020. (pdf)
Mohammad Baqer, and Axel Krings, "Reliability of VANET Bicycle Safety Applications in Malicious Environments", in Proc. 27th Telecommunications forum, TELFOR 2019, Serbia, Belgrade, November 26-27, 2019. (pdf)
Mohammad Baqer, and Axel Krings, "On the Reliability of VANET Safety Applications for Bicycles", in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Connected Vehicle and Expo, (ICCVE), Graz, Austria, 2019. (pdf)
Axel Krings, Mohamed Mohamed, Sherif Hussein, and Ahmed Abdel-Rahim, "Secure and Reliable Infrastructure to Support Future City Mobility and Safety Applications", in Proc. 2nd Intl. Conference on Sustainable Infrastructure and Transportation for Future Cities (ICSCPM 2018), Aswan, Egypt, December 16-18, 2018. (pdf)
Mohamed S. Mohamed, Prajjwol Dandekhya, and Axel Krings, "Beyond Passive Detection of Sybil Attacks in VANET", in Proc. 6th IEEE International Conference on Reliability, Infocom Technologies and Optimization (ICRITO'2017), Amity University Uttar Pradesh, Indian, September 20-22, 2017. (pdf)
Daniel Conte de Leon, Christopher E. Goes, Michael A. Haney, Axel W. Krings, "ADLES: Specifying, deploying, and sharing hands-on cyber-exercises", in Computer & Security, Elsevier, December 2017, (link)
Sherif Hussein, Axel Krings, and Azad Azadmanesh, "VANET Clock Synchronization for Resilient DSRC Safety Applications", in Proc. 7th Resilience Week Symposia, Wilmington, DE, (7 pages), September 18-22, 2017. (pdf)
Mohamed S. Mohamed, Sherif Hussein, and Axel Krings, "An Enhanced Voting Algorithm for Hybrid Jamming Attacks in VANET", in Proc. IEEE 7th Annual Computing and Communication Workshop and Conference (CCWC), Las Vegas, January 9-11, 7 pages, 2017. (pdf)
Sherif Hussein, Mohamed S. Mohamed, and Axel Krings, "A New Hybrid Jammer and its Impact on DSRC Safety Application Reliability", in Proc. 7th IEEE Annual Information Technology, Electronics and Mobile Communication Conference (IEMCON), Vancouver, Canada, (7 pages), 13- 15 October, 2016. (pdf)
Ahmed Serageldin and Axel Krings, "A Resilient Real-Time Traffic Control System", in Proc. 18th IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems, pages 2869-2876, September 15-18, 2015. (pdf)
Hani Alturkostani, Anup Chitrakar, Robert Rinker and Axel Krings, "On the Design of Jamming-Aware Safety Applications in VANETs", in Proc. 10th Cyber and Information Security Research Conference, (CISR 2015), Oak Ridge, Tennessee, April 7-9, 2015. (pdf)
Hani Alturkostani, and Axel Krings, "The Impact of Jamming on Threshold-Based Agreement in VANET", in Proc. The 3rd International Conference on Connected Vehicles and Expo, (ICCVE 2014), Nov 3-7, Messe Wien, Vienna, Austria, 2014. (pdf)
Ahmed Serageldin, and Axel Krings, "The Impact of Dissimilarity and Redundancy on the Reliability of DSRC Safety Applications", in Proc. Tenth International Symposium on Frontiers of Information Systems and Network Applications, (FINA 2014), Victoria, Canada, May 13-16, 2014. (pdf)
Victor Balogun and Axel Krings, "Mitigating Constant Jamming in Cognitive Radio Networks using Hybrid FEC Code", in Proc. 28th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications, (AINA 12014), Victoria, Canada, May 13-16, 2014. (pdf)
Ahmed Serageldin, and Axel Krings, "The Impact of Redundancy on DSRC Safety Application Reliability under Different Data Rates", in Proc. {\em 6th International Conference on New Technologies, Mobility and Security}, (NTMS 2014), Dubai, March 30 - April 2, 2014. (pdf)
Ahmed Serageldin, Hani Alturkostani, and Axel Krings, "On the Reliability of DSRC Safety Applications: A Case of Jamming", in Proc. Intl. Conference on Connected Vehicles and Expo, (ICCVE 2013), Dec. 2-6, 2013, Las Vegas. (pdf)
Frederick Sheldon, Annarita Giani, Axel Krings, and Robert Abercrombie (Editors), Proc. Eight Annual Cyber Security and Information Intelligence Research Workshop, CSIIRW'13, Cyber Security and Information Intelligence, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, USA Ñ January 08 - 10, 2013 .

Victor Balogun and Axel Krings, "On The Impact of Jamming Attacks on Cooperative Spectrum Sensing in Cognitive Radio Networks", in Proc. 8th Annual Cyber Security and Information Intelligence Research Workshop, January 8 - 10, 2013, Oak Ridge National Laboratory. (pdf)
Ahmed Serageldin, Axel Krings, and Ahmed Abdel-Rahim, "A Survivable Critical Infrastructure Control Application", in Proc. 8th Annual Cyber Security and Information Intelligence Research Workshop, January 8 - 10, 2013, Oak Ridge National Laboratory. (pdf)
Zhanshan (Sam) Ma, Hongju (Daisy) Chen, and Axel W. Krings, "Has the Cyber Warfare Threat been Overstated? -- A Cheap Talk Game Theoretic Analysis", Journal of Information Warfare, (JIW), Vol. 11, Issue 1, pp. 21-29, 2012.
Axel Krings, Ahmed Serageldin and Ahmed Abdel-Rahim, "A Prototype for a Real-Time Weather Responsive System", in Proc. Intelligent Transportation Systems Conference, ITSC2012, Anchorage, Alaska, 16-19 September, pp. 1465 - 1470, 2012. (pdf)
A. Krings, V. Balogun, S. Alshomrani, A. Abdel-Rahim, and M. Dixon, "A Measurement-based Design and Evaluation Methodology for Embedded Control Systems", The 7th Annual Cyber Security and Information Intelligence Research Workshop, CSIIRW'11, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, October 12 - 14, 2011.
Zhanshan (Sam) Ma, Hongju (Daisy) Chen, Jiajin Zhang, and Axel W. Krings, "Has the Cyber Warfare Threat been Overstated? A Cheap Talk Game-Theoretic Analysis", Proc. The 7th Annual Cyber Security and Information Intelligence Research Workshop, CSIIRW'11, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, October 12 - 14, 2011.
Li Tan, and Axel W. Krings, "An Adaptive N-variant Software Architecture for Multi-Core Platforms: Models and Performance Analysis", The 11th International Conference on Computational Science and Its Applications (ICCSA 2011), June 20-23, 2011, Santander, Spain, in Lecture Notes on Computer Science, LNCS 6783, Springer Verlag, pp. 490-505, 2011. (pdf)

Frederick Sheldon, Robert Abercrombie, and Axel Krings (Editors), Proc. Seventh Annual Workshop on Cyber Security and Information Intelligence Research , CSIIRW'11, Cyber Security and Information Intelligence Research Workshop, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, USA Ñ October 12 - 14, 2011.

Zhanshan (Sam) Ma and Axel W. Krings, "Dynamic Hybrid Fault Modeling and Extended Evolutionary Game Theory for Reliability, Survivability and Fault Tolerance Analyses", IEEE Transactions on Reliability, Vol. 60, No. 1, pp. 180-196, March 2011.

Zhanshan (Sam) Ma, Axel W. Krings, Richard Millar, and Feng Wang, "Migration: A Potential Model for Joining and Collision Avoidance in MAVs (Micro-Aerial Vehicle) and Mobile Robots Fleet Control", Proc. The 32nd IEEE Aerospace Conference, Session 9.05 Collision Avoidance for Unmanned Systems, Big Sky, MT, March 5-12, (14 pages), 2011.
Li Tan, and Axel Krings, "A Hierarchical Formal Framework for Adaptive N-variant Programs in Multi-core Systems", Proc. Ninth International Workshop on Assurance in Distributed Systems and Networks (ADSN 2010), Genoa, Italy, June 21, 2010. (pdf)

Frederick Sheldon, Stacy Prowell, Axel Krings, and Robert Abercrombie (Editors), Proc. Sixth Annual Cyber Security and Information Intelligence Research Workshop, CSIIRW10, Cyber Security and Information Intelligence Challenges and Strategies, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, April 21-23, publisher ACM, 2010.

Axel Krings, and Stephan Muehlbacher-Karrer, "Neighborhood Monitoring in Ad Hoc Networks", Proc. Annual Cyber Security and Information Intelligence Research Workshop (CSIIRW'10), Oak Ridge National Laboratory, ACM International Conference Proceeding Series, April 21-23, 2010, (4 pages). (pdf)

Zhanshan (Sam) Ma, Frederick Sheldon, and Axel Krings, "The Handicap Principle, Strategic Information Warfare and the Paradox of Asymmetry", Proc. Annual Cyber Security and Information Intelligence Research Workshop (CSIIRW'10), Oak Ridge National Laboratory, ACM International Conference Proceeding Series, April 21-23, 2010, (4 pages). (pdf)

Zhanshan (Sam) Ma, Richard Miller, Robert Hiromoto and Axel Krings, "Logics in Animal Cognition: Are They Important to Brain Computer Interfaces (BCI) and Aerospace Missions?", Proc. IEEE Aerospace Conference, Big Sky, Montana, Paper 10.0507, pp. 1-8, March 6-13, 2010.

Zhanshan (Sam) Ma, Axel Krings, and Chih-Cheng Hung, "The Handicap Principle for Trust in Computer Security, the Semantic Web and Social Networking", Lecture Notes Computer Science, LNCS 5854, Springer Verlag, WISM 2009, pp. 458-468, 2009

Zhanshan (Sam) Ma and Axel Krings, "Insect Sensory Systems Inspired Computing and Communications", Ad Hoc Networks, Special Issue on Bio-inspired computing and communication in wireless Ad Hoc and sensor networks, Vol.~7, Issue~4, pp. 742-755, Elsevier, ISSN 1570-8705, June 2009.

Frederick Sheldon, Greg Peterson, Axel Krings, Robert Abercrombie, and Ali Mili (Editors), Proc. Fifth Annual Cyber Security and Information Intelligence Research Workshop, CSIIRW09, Cyber Security and Information Intelligence Challenges and Strategies, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, April 13-15, publisher ACM, 2009.

Axel Krings, Li Tan, Clinton Jeffery, and Robert Rinker, "Resilient Multi-core Systems: Hierarchical Formal Model for N-variant Executions", Proc. Cyber Security and Information Intelligence Research Workshop, (CSIIRW'09), April 13-15, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, (4 pages), publisher ACM, 2009. (pdf)

Zhanshan (Sam) Ma, Axel W. Krings, and Richard C. Millar, "Introduction of First Passage Time (FPT) Analysis for Software Reliability and Network Security'", Proc. Cyber Security and Information Intelligence Research Workshop, (CSIIRW'09), April 13-15, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, (6 pages), publisher ACM, 2009. (pdf)

Zhanshan (Sam) Ma, Axel W. Krings, and Frederick T. Sheldon, "An Outline of the Three-Layer Survivability Analysis Architecture for Strategic Information Warfare Research", Proc. Cyber Security and Information Intelligence Research Workshop, (CSIIRW'09), April 13-15, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, (7 pages), publisher ACM, 2009. (pdf)

Zhanshan (Sam) Ma and Axel W. Krings, "Is Chaos Theory Relevant to Reliability and Survivability?", Proc. 2009 IEEE Aerospace Conference, March 7-14, Big Sky, MT, (10 pages), 2009.

Zhanshan (Sam) Ma, Axel W. Krings, and Robert E. Hiromoto, "Dragonfly as a model for UAV/MAV Flight and Communication Controls", Proc. 2009 IEEE Aerospace Conference, March 7-14, Big Sky, MT, (8 pages), 2009.

Samir Jafar, Axel Krings and Thierry Gautier, "Flexible Rollback Recovery in Dynamic Heterogeneous Grid Computing", IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing, (TDSC), Vol.~6, No.~1, January-March, 2009. (pdf).

Axel Krings, and Zhanshan (Sam) Ma, "Surviving Attacks and Intrusions: What can we Learn from Fault Models", Proceedings of the 42nd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, (HICSS-42) , Waikoloa, Big Island, Hawaii, January 5-8, 2009. (pdf).

Zhanshan (Sam) Ma and Axel W. Krings, "Dynamic Hybrid Fault Models and the Applications to Wireless Sensor Networks", to appear in proc. {\em 11-th ACM International Conference on Modeling, Analysis and Simulation of Wireless and Mobile Systems, MSWiM 2008, Vancouver Canada, Oct. 27-31, 2008.

S. Varrette, J.-L. Roch, and A. Krings, "Result Certification Against Massive Attacks in Distributed Computations", in 1th Int. Workshop on Remote Entrusting (Re-Trust 2008), Trento, Italy, 2008.

Azad Azadmanesh, Axel Krings, and Daryush Laqab, Multicast Survivability in Hierarchical Broadcast Networks, WSEAS Transactions on Communications, Issue 6, Vol. 7, pp. 663-674, June, 2008.

Axel Krings, "Design for Survivability: A Tradeoff Space", Proc. 4th Cyber Security and Information Intelligence Research Workshop, CSIIRW 2008, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, May 12-14, 2008. (to be available via ACM Digital Library) (pdf).

Frederick Sheldon, Axel Krings, Robert Abercrombie, and Ali Mili, (Editors), Proceedings of the 4th Cyber Security and Information Intelligence Research Workshop, CSIIRW 2008, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, May 12-14, 2008. (to be available via ACM Digital Library)

Zhanshan (Sam) Ma and Axel Krings, "Survival Analysis Modeling of Phylogenetic and Coalescent Trees", Proc. International Conference on BioMedical Engineering and Informatics, BMEI2008, 27 - 30 May, Sanya, Hainan, China, 2008.

Zhanshan (Sam) Ma, Axel Krings, and Robert E. Hiromoto, "Multivariate Survival Analysis (II): An Overview of Multi-State Models in Biomedicine and Engineering Reliability", Proc. International Conference on BioMedical Engineering and Informatics, BMEI2008, 27 - 30 May, Sanya, Hainan, China, 2008.

Zhanshan (Sam) Ma and Axel Krings, "Insect Population Inspired Wireless Sensor Networks: A Unified Architecture with Survival Analysis, Evolutionary Game Theory, and Hybrid Fault Models", Proc. International Conference on BioMedical Engineering and Informatics, BMEI2008, 27 - 30 May, Sanya, Hainan, China, 2008.

Axel Krings, "Survivable Systems", book chapter 5, ( 30 pages), in: Information Assurance: Dependability and Security in Networked Systems, Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, Yi Qian, James Joshi, David Tipper, and Prashant Krishnamurthy (Editors), ISBN: 978-0-12-373566-9, 2008.

Zhanshan (Sam) Ma and Axel Krings, "Spatial Distribution Patterns, Power Law, and the Agent-based Directed Diffusion Sensor Networks", Sixth Annual IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications, (PerCom 2008), (PerCom'08), March 17-21, Hong Kong, 2008.

Zhanshan (Sam) Ma and Axel Krings, "Dynamic Populations in Genetic Algorithms", SIGAPP, 23rd Annual ACM Symposium on Applied Computing, (ACM SAC2008), Ceara, Brazil, March 16-20, 2008. (pdf).

Zhanshan (Sam) Ma and Axel Krings, "Survival Analysis Approach to Reliability Analysis and Prognostics and Health Management (PHM)", Proc. IEEE Aerospace Conference, March 1-8, Big Sky, MT, 2008. (pdf).

Zhanshan (Sam) Ma and Axel Krings, "Competing Risks Analysis of Reliability, Survivability, and Prognostics and Health Management (PHM)", Proc. IEEE Aerospace Conference, March 1-8, Big Sky, MT, 2008. (pdf).

Zhanshan (Sam) Ma and Axel Krings, "Bio-Robustness and Fault Tolerance: A New Perspective on Reliable, Survivable and Evolvable Network Systems", Proc. IEEE Aerospace Conference, March 1-8, Big Sky, MT, 2008. (pdf).

Zhanshan (Sam) Ma and Axel Krings, "Multivariate Survival Analysis (I): Shared Frailty Approaches to Reliability and Dependence Modeling", Proc. IEEE Aerospace Conference, March 1-8, Big Sky, MT, 2008. (pdf).

Zhanshan (Sam) Ma, Axel Krings, and Robert Hiromoto, "Insect Sensory Systems Inspired Communication and Computing (II): An Engineering Perspective", International Conference on Bio-inspired Systems and Signal Processing, (BIOSIGNALS 2008), Funchal, Madeira, Portugal, 28 - 31 January, 2008.

Zhanshan (Sam) Ma, and Axel Krings, "Insect Sensory Systems Inspired Communications and Computing (I): A Biological Perspective", Technical report, TR-CS-09-01-2007, University of Idaho, Computer Science Department, Sep. 4, 2007. (pdf).
Frederick Sheldon, Axel Krings, Seong-Moo Yoo, and Ali Mili (Editors), Proceedings of the Third Annual Cyber Security and Information Infrastructure Research Workshop, (CSIIRW07), "Towards Comprehensive Strategies that meet the Cyber Security Challenges of the 21st Century", May 14-15, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 2007. (Large-28MByte.pdf).
Krings Axel, "Survivability in Wireless Networks: A Case for Overhead Reduction", Third Annual Cyber Security and Information Infrastructure Research Workshop, CSIIRW07 , Oak Ridge National Laboratory, May 14-15, 2007. (pdf).
Krings Axel and Zhanshan Ma, "Fault-Models in Wireless Communication: Towards Survivable Ad Hoc Networks", MILCOM 2006, Military Communications Conference, 23-25 October, 7 pages, 2006. (pdf).
John Munson, Axel Krings and Robert Hiromoto, "The Architecture of a Reliable Software Monitoring System for Embedded Software Systems", ANS 2006 Winter Meeting and Nuclear Technology Expo, (agenda), (pdf).
Axel Krings, "Primary-backup Link Scheduling for Wireless Networks Operating in Hostile Environments", Proc. Scheduling Algorithms for new Emerging Applications, May 29th - June 2nd, CIRM, Marseille, France, 2006.
Krings Axel, "Fault-Models in Wireless Communication: Towards Survivable Wireless Networks", Second Annual Cyber Security and Information Infrastructure Research Workshop, (CSIIRW2006), "Beyond the Maginot Line", Agenda, Program, 4 pages, May 10-11, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 2006. (pdf).
Frederick Sheldon, Axel Krings, Seong-Moo Yoo, Ali Mili and Joseph Trien (Editors), Proceedings of the Second Annual Cyber Security and Information Infrastructure Research Workshop, (CSIIRW006), "Beyond the Maginot Line", May 10-11, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 2006. (Large-46MByte.pdf).
Krings Axel, Paul Oman, and Azad Azadmanesh, "Security and Survivability of Unbounded Networked Systems", 39th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, (HICSS-39) , Minitrack on Security and Survivability of Unbounded Networked Systems, January 4-7, 2006. (pdf).
Jafar Samir, Thierry Gautier, Axel Krings, and Jean-Louis Roch, "A Checkpoint/Recovery Model for Heterogeneous Dataflow Computations Using Work-Stealing", to appear in Proc. (LNCS) Euro-Par 2005, August 30 - Sept. 2, Lisboa, Portugal, 2005. (pdf).
Krings Axel W., Jean-Louis Roch, and Samir Jafar, "Certification of Large Distributed Computations with Task Dependencies in Hostile Environments", IEEE Electro/Information Technology Conference , (EIT 2005), May 22-25, Lincoln, Nebraska, 2005. (pdf).
Jafar Samir, Axel W. Krings, Thierry Gautier, and Jean-Louis Roch, "Theft-Induced Checkpointing for Reconfigurable Dataflow Applications", IEEE Electro/Information Technology Conference , (EIT 2005), May 22-25, Lincoln, Nebraska, 2005. (This paper received the EIT'05 Best Paper Award). (pdf).
Krings A.W., and A. Azadmanesh, "A Graph Based Model for Survivability Applications", European Journal of Operational Research Volume 164, Issue 3, August 2005, Pages 680-689, (pdf).
Krings Axel, Jean-Louis Roch, Samir Jafar and Sebastien Varrette, "A Probabilistic Approach for Task and Result Certification of Large-scale Distributed Applications in Hostile Environments", Proc. European Grid Conference (EGC2005), in LNCS 3470, © Springer Verlag, February 14-16, 2005, Amsterdam, Netherlands. (pdf).
Krings Axel, Paul Oman, and Azad Azadmanesh, "Security and Survivability of Networked Systems", 38th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, (HICSS-38) , Minitrack on Security and Survivability of Networked Systems, January, 2005. (pdf).
Leigland R. and A. Krings, "A Formalization of Digital Forensics", International Journal of Digital Evidence , Vol. 3, Issue~2, pp. 1-32, Fall 2004. (link).
Krings A. W., and Merry R. P., "A Functionality Based Hierarchical Model for Survivable Intelligent Transportation Systems", to appear in: Proc. 7th International IEEE Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems, October 3-6 Washington, DC, 2004. (pdf).
Krings A.W, "Chain Constrained Scheduling in Survivability Applications", International Workshop on Scheduling in Computer- and Manufacturing Systems, Schloss Dagstuhl, Germany, May 31 - June 5, Seminar 04231, 2004. (http://drops.dagstuhl.de/opus/volltexte/2004/8/)
Krings A.W., W.S. Harrison, A. Azadmanesh, and M. McQueen, "Scheduling Issues in Survivability Applications using Hybrid Fault Models", Parallel Processing Letters (PPL) Vol. 14, No. 1, pp. 5-22, March 2004. (pdf).
Merry R.P., A.W. Krings, and P.W. Oman, "Survivable Systems Analysis of the North American Power Grid Communications Infrastructure", Proc. International Conference on Security and Management, (SAM'04), Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, June 21-24, 2004. (pdf).
P. Oman, A. Krings, D. Conte de Leon, and J. Aves-Foss, "Analyzing the Security and Survivability of Real-Time Control Systems", Proc. IEEE Workshop on Information Assurance, United States Military Academy, West Point, NY, pp. 342-349, 10-11 June, 2004.
A. Abdel-Rahim, P. Oman, J. Waite, M. Benke, and A. Krings, "Integrating Network Survivability Analysis in Traffic Systems Design", Proc. Intelligent Transportation Systems Safety and Security Conference, Miami, Florida, March 24-25, 2004.
Sheldon F., T. Potok, A. Loebl, A. Krings and P. Oman, "Managing Secure Survivable Critical Infrastructures To Avoid Vulnerabilities", Proc. 8th IEEE International Symposium on High Assurance Systems Engineering, Mar. 25-26, Tampa Florida, pp.293-296,2004. (pdf).
Sheldon F., T. Potok, A. Krings and P. Oman, "Critical Energy Infrastructure Survivability, Inherent Limitations, Obstacles, And Mitigation Strategies", International Journal of Power and Energy Systems, PowerCON Special Issue on Blackouts 2004, ACTA Press, Calgary Canada, Issue 2, pp.~86-92, 2004. (pdf).
Krings A.W., "Agent Survivability: An Application for Strong and Weak Chain Constrained Scheduling", 37th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, (HICSS-37) , Minitrack on Security and Survivability in Mobile Agent Based Distributed Systems, paper STSSM01, 8 pages, January, 2004. (pdf).
Harrison W.S., A.W. Krings, and N. Hanebutte, "Optimizing the Observation Windows Size for Kernel Attack Signatures", 37th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, (HICSS-37) , Minitrack on Intrusion Detection and Prevention, 8 pages, January, 2004. (pdf).
Oman, P.W., and A.W. Krings, "Security and Survivability of Networked Systems", 37th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, (HICSS-37) , Minitrack on Security and Survivability of Networked Systems, paper STSSN00, January, 2004. (pdf).
Frederick Sheldon, Tom Potok, Michael Langston, Axel Krings, and Paul Oman, "Autonomic Approach to Survivable Cyber-Secure Infrastructures', in Porc. ICWS, 2004. (pdf).
Sheldon F., T. Potok, A. Loebl, A. Krings and P. Oman, "Energy Infrastructure Survivability, Inherent Limitations, Obstacles and Mitigation Strategies", Proc. PowerCon 2003, IASTED International Conference, New York, NY, Dec. 10-12, pp.49-53, 2003. (pdf).
Taylor Carol, P. Oman, and A. Krings, "Assessing Power Substation Network Security and Survivability: A Work in Progress Report", Proc. The 2003 International Conference on Security and Management, (SAM'03), Paper 208SA, June 23-26, 2003, Las Vegas, Nevada. (pdf).
A. Azadmanesh, A. Krings, and B. Ghahramani, "Global Convergence in Partially Fully Connected Networks (PFCN) with Limited Relays", International Journal of Information Technology and Decision Making (IJITDM), Vol. 2, No. 2, pp. 265-285, June 2003. (pdf).
Krings A.W., and P.W. Oman, "Secure and Survivable Software Systems", 36th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, (HICSS-36) , Minitrack on Secure and Survivable Software Systems, paper STSSS00, January, 2003. (pdf).
Krings A.W., and P.W. Oman, "A Simple GSPN for Modeling Common Mode Failures in Critical Infrastructures", Proc. 36th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, (HICSS-36), Minitrack on Secure and Survivable Software Systems, paper STSSS02, 10 pages, January, 2003. (pdf).
Conte de Leon, Daniel, Jim Alves-Foss, Axel Krings, and Paul Oman, "Modeling Complex Control Systems to Identify Remotely Accessible Devices Vulnerable to Cyber Attack", ACM Workshop on Scientific Aspects of Cyber Terrorism, (SACT), Washington DC, 10 pages, November 21, 2002. (pdf).
Taylor Carol, Axel Krings and Jim Alves-Foss, "Risk Analysis and Probabilistic Survivability Assessment (RAPSA): An Assessment Approach for Power Substation Hardening", Proc. ACM Workshop on Scientific Aspects of Cyber Terrorism, (SACT), Washington DC, 9 pages, November 21, 2002. (pdf).
A. W. Krings and M. H. Azadmanesh, "A Graph Based Model for Survivability Analysis", Technical Report UI-CS-TR-02-024, Computer Science Department, University of Idaho, August 2002. (pdf).
Taylor, C, A.W. Krings, W.S. Harrison, and N. Hanebutte "Merging Survivability System Analysis and Probability Risk Assessment for Survivability Analysis", in DSN 2002 Book of FastAbstracts, DSN 2002, June, 2002.
Taylor, C, A.W. Krings, W.S. Harrison, N. Hanebutte, and M. McQueen, "Considering Attack Complexity: Layered Intrusion Tolerance", in Proc. DSN 2002 Workshop on Intrusion Tolerance, International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks (DSN), 5 pages, Washington, DC, June 23rd - 26th, 2002. (pdf)
Krings A.W, W.S. Harrison, M.H. Azadmanesh, and M. McQueen, "The Impact of Hybrid Fault Models on Scheduling for Survivability", International Workshop on Scheduling in Computer- and Manufacturing Systems, Schloss Dagstuhl, Germany, June 2-6, Seminar 02231, Report 343, pg~5, 2002. (See http://www.dagstuhl.de).
Harrison W.S., A.W. Krings, N. Hanebutte, and M. McQueen, "On the Performance of a Survivability Architecture for Networked Computing Systems", Proc. 35th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS-35, pp. 1-9, January 2002. (pdf).
Krings A.W., Harrison W.S., M. McQueen, and S. Matthews, "Shifting the Focus of Survivability: Back to the Basics", Information Survivability Workshop, (ISW-2001), Vancouver, BC Canada, Oct. 15-17 (postponed), 2001. (ps 2-column version), (ISW 2001 version).
Krings A.W., Harrison W.S., M.H. Azadmanesh, and M. McQueen, "Scheduling Issues in a Computer and Network Survivability Application", New Trends in Scheduling Parallel and Distributed Systems, Book of Abstracts, Lunimy-Marseille, October 1-5, 2001.
Taylor C., W. Harrison, A. Krings, N. Hanebutte, and M. McQueen, "Low-Level Network Attack Recognition: A Signature-Based Approach", 13th International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing and Systems, (PDCS'2001), Anaheim, California, Aug 21-24, pp. 570-574, 2001. (pdf)
Krings A.W, W.S. Harrison, N. Hanebutte, C. Taylor, and M. McQueen, "A Two-Layer Approach to Survivability of Networked Computing Systems", International Conference on Advances in Infrastructure for Electronic Business, Science, and Education on the Internet, (SSGRR'2001), L'Aquila, Italy, Aug 06 - Aug 12, pp. 1-12, 2001. (ps), (pdf).
Krings A.W, W.S. Harrison, N. Hanebutte, C.S. Taylor, M. McQueen, and S. Matthews, "An Agent Supported Bottom-Up Approach to Computer and Network Survivability", Supplement of the 2001 International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks (DSN-2001), Goteborg, Sweden, pp. B70-71, July 1-4, 2001.
Krings, A.W., and M.H. Azadmanesh, ``The Impact of Hybrid Fault Models on Scheduling for Survivability'', The European Operational Research Conference, (EURO 2001), Rotterdam, Netherlands, July 9-11, pg. 206, 2001.
Krings, A.W., S. Harrison, N. Hanebutte, C. Taylor, and M. McQueen, ``Attack Recognition Based on Kernel Attack Signatures'', Proc. of the International Symposium on Information Systems and Engineering, (ISE'2001) , Las Vegas, June 25-28, pp. 413-419, 2001. (ps).
Azadmanesh, M.H, and A.W. Krings, ``Asynchronous Behavior of Egoestic Voting Algorithms,'' Proc. 5th World Multi-Conference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics, SCI 2001, July 22-25, 2001, Orlando, Florida USA. (ps).
Krings A.W., and M.H. Azadmanesh, ``Limited Preemption in Real-Time Scheduling'', Computing and Systems , Special Issue on Parallel Computing Systems, (Revista Iberoamericana de Investigacion Computacion y Sistemas), Vol.~4, No.~2, 2000, pp. 115-123. (pdf).
Krings, A.W., S. Harrison, J.Dickinson, and M. McQueen, `` Survivability of Computers and Networks based on Attack Signatures'', Proc. 3rd Information Survivability Workshop, (ISW-2000) , Boston, Massachusetts, October 24-26, 2000, pp. 91-94, (ps).
Krings A.W., and M.H. Azadmanesh, ``Dispatching with Multiple Task Couplings'', Parallel and Distributed Computing and Systems, PDCS-2000,Las Vegas, Nevada, Nov. 6-9, 2000, pp. 388-393. (pdf).
Kosuke Imamura, James A. Foster, and Axel W. Krings, ``The Test Vector Problem and Limitations to Evolving Digital Circuits'', Proc. 2nd NASA/DoD Workshop on Evolvable Hardware, July 13-15, IEEE Press, 2000, pp.~75-80. (pdf).
Krings A.W., and M.H. Azadmanesh, ``Run-time Issues in Multi-Resource Dispatching'', Proc. 17 th European Conference on Operational Research, Budapest, Hungary, July 16-19, 2000.
Krings A.W., and M.H. Azadmanesh, ``Single and Multiple Task Couplings in Hard Real-Time Systems'', Report Series UI-CS-TR-00-051 Computer Science Department, University of Idaho, May, 2000 (ps).
Krings A.W., and M.H. Azadmanesh, ``Avoiding Run-Time Infeasibility in Systems Containing Coupled Tasks'', INFOR (Information Systems & Operational Research) Journal, Vol. 37, No. 1, pp. 77-88, 1999 (ps). (pdf).
Krings, A.W., and M.H. Azadmanesh, ``QoS Considerations In Real-Time Scheduling'', Proc. 2nd International Conference on Parallel Computing Systems}, (PCS'99)}, August 16-20, Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico, pp.~192-198, 1999. (ps).
Krings, A.W., and Moshe, Dror, ``Real-Time Dispatching: Scheduling Stability and Precedence,'' International Journal of Foundations of Computer Science, Vol. 10, No. 3, 1999 (ps).
Krings A.W, and M. McQueen, ``A Byzantine Resilient Approach to Network Security'', Proc. 29th International Symposium on Fault-Tolerant Computing, Digest of FastAbstracts: FTCS-29, Madison, Wisconsin, USA, June 15-18, pp.~13-14, 1999. (pdf).
Azadmanesh, M.H, A.W. Krings, and R.M. Kieckhafer, ``Dependable Distributed Systems'', Proc. 32nd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences Maui, Hawaii - January 5-8, 1999.
Krings, A.W., and M.H. Azadmanesh, ``Cyclic Dispatching with Periodic or End-to-End Timing Constraints'', Proc. 14th International Conference on Systems Engineering, (ICSE'99)}, Las Vegas, August 10-12, pp. CS97-102, 1999. (ps).
Azadmanesh, M.H, and A.W. Krings, ``Network Convergence in the Presence of Omission Faults,'' Proc. 12th Int'l Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing Systems, Orlando Florida, Aug. 17-20, pp.~416-423, 1999. (ps).
Azadmanesh, M.H, and A.W. Krings, ``Using Omissive Faults to Obtain Local Convergence in Partially Connected Networks'', Transactions of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences, Vol. 25, pp. 1-13, 1999.
Krings, A.W., and Thomas Feyer, ``The Byzantine Agreement Problem: Optimal Early Stopping'', 32nd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences , No.~stdds03, pp. 1-12, January 5-8, 1999 (ps).
Krings A.W., and M.H. Azadmanesh, ``Feasibility Tests for Stable Dynamic Scheduling'', Proc. 10th International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing and Systems, Las Vegas, Nevada, Oct. 28-31, pp. 25-31, 1998. (ps).
Azadmanesh, M.H, and A.W. Krings, ``Network Convergence in the Presence of Omission Faults'', University of Nebraska at Omaha, Dept. of Computer Science, Technical Report Series, No. TR-98-02, 1998.
Deogun, J,S, Kieckhafer, R.M., and A.W. Krings, ``Stability and Performance of List Scheduling with External Process Delays'', Real-Time Systems, Vol. 15, No. 1, pp. 5-39, July 1998 (ps).
Krings A.W, and M. McQueen, ``Distributed Agreement in a Security Application'', 28th International Symposium on Fault-Tolerant Computing, Digest of FastAbstracts: FTCS-28, IEEE Computer Society Press, Munich, Germany, June 23 - 25, pp.~37-38, 1998.
Azadmanesh, M.H, and A.W. Krings, ``Egocentric Voting Algorithms'', IEEE Transactions on Reliability, Vol. 46, No. 4, pp. 494-502, Dec. 1997. (pdf).
Azadmanesh, M.H, and A.W. Krings, ``Performance Analysis of Approximate Voting Algorithms in the Absence of Reduction-Function'', Technical Report, UNO-CS-TR-97-2, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Department of Computer Science, 1997.
Krings A.W, and Azadmanesh, M.H, ``Run-Time Feasibility of Hard Real-Time Systems Containing Coupled Tasks'', Proc. Parallel Computation and Scheduling (PCS'97) , pp. 96-103, August 18-22, Ensenada, Mexico, 1997. (pdf).
Azadmanesh, M.H, and A.W. Krings, ``Run-Time Feasibility of Hard Real-Time Systems Containing Coupled Tasks'', International Workshop on Scheduling in Computer- and Manufacturing Systems, Schloss Dagstuhl, Germany, June 2-6, Dagstuhl-Seminar-Report 180, pg.~11, 1997. (See http://www.dagstuhl.de).
Azadmanesh, M.H, and A.W. Krings, ``A Step toward Global Convergence in Partially Connected Networks'', Proc. 10th International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing Systems , New Orleans, October 1.3, pp. 234-241, 1997.
Krings A.W, and Azadmanesh, M.H, ``Resource Reclaiming in Hard Real-Time Systems with Static and Dynamic Workloads'', Proc. 30th Hawaii International Conference on System Science , IEEE Computer Society Press, Vol I, pp. 616-625, 1997. (pdf).
Azadmanesh, M.H, and A.W. Krings, ``A Step toward Global Convergence in Partially Connected Networks'', Technical Report, Report Series UNO-CS-TR-97-1, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Nebraska at Omaha, 1997. (ps).
Azadmanesh, M.H, and A.W. Krings, ``Analysis of a Realistic Fault Model for Large Distributed Systems'', Systems Science Journal, Vol. 22, No. 3, 1996. (ps) (pdf).
Azadmanesh, M.H, and A.W. Krings, ``A New Analysis of Hybrid Faults for Synchronous Convergent Voting Algorithms in Large Distributed Systems'', Proc. Eleventh International Conference on Systems Engineering, Las Vegas, pp. 73-78, July 1996. (ps).
Krings A.W, and Azadmanesh, M.H, "Hybrid Dispatching for Hard Real-Time Systems with Fixed and Sporadic Workloads", Technical Report, Report Series CS-96-01, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Idaho, February 1996.
Azadmanesh, M.H, and A.W. Krings, ``Exploiting a New Family of Convergent Voting Algorithms'', Technical Report, Report Series UNO-CS-TR-96-1, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Nebraska at Omaha, January 1996.
Krings, A.W., R.M. Kieckhafer and J.S. Deogun, ``The Performance of Inherently Stable Multiprocessor List Dispatchers in Hard Real-Time Systems'', IEEE Parallel & Distributed Technology, special issue on Real-Time Systems, Winter 1994. (pdf).
Krings, A.W., and R.M. Kieckhafer, ``Inherently Stable Priority List Scheduling in Systems with External Delays '', Proc. Twenty-Sixth Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, Vol. 2, pp. 622-631, 1993.
Krings, A.W., ``Inherently stable priority list scheduling in an extended scheduling environment'', Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Nebraska at Lincoln, Computer Science Department, 1993.
R.M. Kieckhafer, and A.W. Krings, "The Performance of Inherently Stable Multiprocessor List Schedulers", Technical Report, Report Series UNL-CSE-92-009, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Dept. of Computer Science, May 1992.
Krings, A.W., and R.M. Kieckhafer, "A Separated Runtime System for Ada on a Transputer", Technical Report, Report Series 142, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Dept. of Computer Science, June 1991.