An asymptotically uniformly most powerful test for lsb matching detection

IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 464-476

  Cogranne, Rémi ^a   Retraint, Florent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TECHNOLOGIE DE TROYES   (France)

Author keywords

Hypothesis testing theory; Information forensics; Information hiding; Nuisance parameters; Optimal detection

Indexed keywords

HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INFORMATION FORENSICS; INFORMATION HIDING; NUISANCE PARAMETER; OPTIMAL DETECTION;

DIGITAL STORAGE; STATISTICAL TESTS;

DETECTORS;

EID: 84873683899     PISSN: 15566013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIFS.2013.2238232     Document Type: Article

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