This invention discloses a pixel cost redistribution
algorithm based on an
artificial immune system for
digital image information hiding. Under a model minimizing additive
distortion, the
algorithm adjusts the pixel modification probability distribution obtained from a given cost function and constructs an immune
information hiding model to dynamically optimize the adjustment method of the pixel modification probability distribution, thereby rationally redistributing the modification cost. This concentrates modified pixels in areas of the carrier image that are difficult to detect. The method is applicable to various advanced cost functions, overcomes the problem that existing
heuristic adaptive
steganography algorithms, which rely heavily on empirical design, struggle to achieve optimal security, and can improve the security of state-of-the-art
spatial image steganography algorithms, demonstrating practical value.