Steganography: A class of secure and robust algorithms

Computer Journal

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 653-666

  Bahi, Jacques M ^a   Couchot, Jean François ^a   Guyeux, Christophe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DCT DOMAIN; FINITE DOMAINS; INFORMATION HIDING; ROBUST ALGORITHM; STEGANOGRAPHIC ALGORITHMS; TOPOLOGICAL CHAOS;

COMPUTER SCIENCE;

ALGORITHMS;

EID: 84861847686     PISSN: 00104620     EISSN: 14602067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/comjnl/bxr116     Document Type: Article

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