On nonlinearity and autocorrelation properties of correlation immune Boolean functions

Journal of Information Science and Engineering

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 305-323

  Maitra, Subhamoy ^a  

^a INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Algebraic degree; Autocorrelation; Boolean function; Correlation immunity; Cryptography; Global avalanche characteristics; Nonlinearity; Resiliency; Walsh spectra

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; CRYPTOGRAPHY; NUMERICAL METHODS; OPTIMIZATION; WALSH TRANSFORMS;

AUTOCORRELATION; NONLINEARITY;

BOOLEAN FUNCTIONS;

EID: 1642385969     PISSN: 10162364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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