Embedding covert information flow

Conference Record - Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 52-56

  Marano, Stefano ^a   Matta, Vincenzo ^a   Tong, Lang ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

^b School of Operations Research and Industrial Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Anonymous networking; Fredholm integral equation; Riemann Hilbert problem; traffic analysis

Indexed keywords

ANONYMOUS NETWORKING; EMBEDDING EFFICIENCY; FREDHOLM INTEGRAL EQUATION; INFORMATION FLOWS; RIEMANN HILBERT PROBLEMS; TRAFFIC ANALYSIS;

BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS;

INTEGRAL EQUATIONS;

EID: 79958018732     PISSN: 10586393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ACSSC.2010.5757465     Document Type: Conference Paper

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