Wavelet-based steganalysis using a computational immune system approach

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5150 III, Issue , 2003, Pages 1884-1894

  Jackson, Jacob T ^a   Gunsch, Gregg H ^a   Claypoole, Roger L ^a   Lamont, Gary B ^a  

^a Air Force Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Computational immune systems; Genetic algorithm; Steganalysis; Steganography; Wavelet transforms

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; IMAGE SENSORS; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

COMPUTATIONAL IMMUNE SYSTEMS; STEGANALYSIS; STEGANOGRAPHY;

IMAGE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0141607645     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.502800     Document Type: Conference Paper

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