Advanced Techniques in Multimedia Watermarking: Image, Video and Audio Applications Ali Mohammad Al-Haj Princess Sumaya University for Technology, Jordan InformatIon scIence reference Hershey • New York Director of Editorial Content: Director of Book Publications: Acquisitions Editor: Development Editor: Publishing Assistant: Typesetter: Production Editor: Cover Design: Printed at: Kristin Klinger Julia Mosemann Lindsay Johnston Joel Gamon Tom Foley Michael Brehm Jamie Snavely Lisa Tosheff Yurchak Printing Inc. Published in the United States of America by Information Science Reference (an imprint of IGI Global) 701 E. Chocolate Avenue Hershey PA 17033 Tel: 717-533-8845 Fax: 717-533-8661 E-mail:
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