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An image encryption scheme based on precision limited chaotic system

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In recent years, various chaotic maps have been used for image encryption. However, most of these image encryption algorithms entail a lot of floating-point operations, which slows encryption and increases the difficulty of hardware implementation. In this paper, a 32-bit precision limited piecewise linear & logistic chaotic map called 32-bit PL_PWL&LCM for short is proposed. The proposed system has excellent chaotic characteristics, is easy to realize and does not require long time for initialization. Based on the 32-bit PL_PWL&LCM, an image encryption system is proposed. Security analysis indicates that the proposed IES is robust against statistical attacks, differential attacks and brute force attacks with just one round of encryption. Performance analysis shows that the IES is a fast encryption algorithm with good performance in resisting noise disturbances.

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We thank the anonymous reviewers for their very helpful comments that helped improve the presentation of this paper. This work is supported in part by National Key R&D Program of China 2019YFB1706003, China Postdoctoral Science Foundation 2019 M663358, National Natural Science Foundation of China 61902082 and China grant U1636215.

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    Zhaoquan Gu

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Li, H., Deng, L. & Gu, Z. An image encryption scheme based on precision limited chaotic system. Multimed Tools Appl 79, 19387–19410 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11042-020-08826-5

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