Researchers Develop Algorithm To Trace Malware, Epidemics, More

It's a pity neither of those editorial articles mentions what the false positive rate is. This is critical.

Actually, they don't even mention whether the algorithm identifies negatives as well as positives (i.e. those who can be ruled out of any follow-up investigations etc.), and if so, what the false negative rate is. This is also critical.

The article itself in Phys. Rev. Lett. [aps.org] is behind a paywall. Maybe it addresses the false positive issue, and the positive vs negative issue.

Source: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdotScience/~3/KI91pfU3h7U/researchers-develop-algorithm-to-trace-malware-epidemics-more

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