A new approach for optimization in image watermarking by using genetic algorithms

IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 4707-4719

  Kumsawat, Prayoth ^a   Attakitmongcol, Kitti ^a   Srikaew, Arthit ^a  

^a SURANAREE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Genetic algorithms; Image watermarking; Multiwavelet; Wavelet

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; MATRIX ALGEBRA; OPTIMIZATION; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; SPREAD SPECTRUM COMMUNICATION; VECTORS; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

IMAGE WATERMARKING; MULTIWAVELET TRANSFORM;

DIGITAL WATERMARKING;

EID: 29144460157     PISSN: 1053587X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TSP.2005.859323     Document Type: Article

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