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  EDGE-CASE ANALYSIS REPORT
  Algorithm : Adaptive Quadtree + Discrete ABC + LSB-Matching
  Dataset   : BOSSbase-1.01  (512×512 grayscale PGM)
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  PAYLOAD = 5,000 bits   (N = 10,000 images)
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  ① Top-5 Lowest PSNR Images  (Algorithm Struggles — Candidate Discussion Cases)
  File                        K          MSE   PSNR(dB)       SSIM    Time(s)
  ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
  1673.pgm               68,636     0.323758    53.0286   0.999494     0.2177
  7844.pgm               33,934     0.278426    53.6837   0.999902     0.1194
  3660.pgm               19,683     0.263403    53.9246   1.000000     0.0741
  6433.pgm               22,132     0.263100    53.9296   0.999827     0.0932
  5978.pgm               46,409     0.252750    54.1039   0.999398     0.1600

  ② Top-5 Slowest Images  (Execution Time Bottleneck)
  File                        K    Time(s)   PSNR(dB)       SSIM
  ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
  8527.pgm              200,000     0.5967    58.9319   0.999722
  1268.pgm              200,000     0.5918    59.6593   0.999457
  50.pgm                198,689     0.5910    59.6016   1.000000
  512.pgm               200,000     0.5887    61.5819   1.000000
  3920.pgm              200,000     0.5886    57.7005   0.999817

  ③ Top-5 Highest MSE Images
  File                          MSE   PSNR(dB)       SSIM        K
  ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
  1673.pgm                 0.323758    53.0286   0.999494   68,636
  7844.pgm                 0.278426    53.6837   0.999902   33,934
  3660.pgm                 0.263403    53.9246   1.000000   19,683
  6433.pgm                 0.263100    53.9296   0.999827   22,132
  5978.pgm                 0.252750    54.1039   0.999398   46,409

  ④ PSNR Normality Test  (Shapiro-Wilk, n = 5,000)
     W = 0.999261,  p = 3.431e-02  →  NON-NORMAL (p ≤ 0.05)

  ⑤ Images below 40 dB imperceptibility threshold:
     0 / 10,000  (0.0000%)

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  PAYLOAD = 10,000 bits   (N = 10,000 images)
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  ① Top-5 Lowest PSNR Images  (Algorithm Struggles — Candidate Discussion Cases)
  File                        K          MSE   PSNR(dB)       SSIM    Time(s)
  ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
  4055.pgm               18,115     0.397128    52.1415   0.999387     0.1176
  4566.pgm               43,215     0.343123    52.7763   1.000000     0.2473
  6552.pgm               14,693     0.327062    52.9845   0.999311     0.1066
  8163.pgm               26,078     0.303879    53.3038   0.999948     0.1563
  2726.pgm               10,880     0.301301    53.3408   0.999979     0.1073

  ② Top-5 Slowest Images  (Execution Time Bottleneck)
  File                        K    Time(s)   PSNR(dB)       SSIM
  ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
  8106.pgm              200,000     1.0522    58.6320   0.999709
  4270.pgm              200,000     1.0475    57.9813   0.999609
  5494.pgm              200,000     1.0406    56.0602   0.999645
  4128.pgm              200,000     1.0372    59.9599   1.000000
  5387.pgm              200,000     1.0358    60.9346   0.999914

  ③ Top-5 Highest MSE Images
  File                          MSE   PSNR(dB)       SSIM        K
  ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
  4055.pgm                 0.397128    52.1415   0.999387   18,115
  4566.pgm                 0.343123    52.7763   1.000000   43,215
  6552.pgm                 0.327062    52.9845   0.999311   14,693
  8163.pgm                 0.303879    53.3038   0.999948   26,078
  2726.pgm                 0.301301    53.3408   0.999979   10,880

  ④ PSNR Normality Test  (Shapiro-Wilk, n = 5,000)
     W = 0.999782,  p = 9.163e-01  →  NORMAL (p > 0.05)

  ⑤ Images below 40 dB imperceptibility threshold:
     0 / 10,000  (0.0000%)

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  PAYLOAD = 20,000 bits   (N = 10,000 images)
────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

  ① Top-5 Lowest PSNR Images  (Algorithm Struggles — Candidate Discussion Cases)
  File                        K          MSE   PSNR(dB)       SSIM    Time(s)
  ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
  2942.pgm               12,024     0.350187    52.6878   1.000000     0.1873
  5883.pgm                9,735     0.349857    52.6919   0.999701     0.1336
  2823.pgm               49,707     0.345581    52.7453   1.000000     0.5184
  474.pgm                16,878     0.339532    52.8220   0.999789     0.2017
  7726.pgm               53,639     0.337591    52.8469   0.999852     0.5271

  ② Top-5 Slowest Images  (Execution Time Bottleneck)
  File                        K    Time(s)   PSNR(dB)       SSIM
  ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
  3387.pgm              200,000     1.8177    58.4848   0.999564
  349.pgm               200,000     1.8172    56.1490   1.000000
  9435.pgm              200,000     1.8161    59.3531   0.999496
  8305.pgm              193,984     1.7784    57.0279   0.999778
  3490.pgm              193,029     1.7585    57.3968   1.000000

  ③ Top-5 Highest MSE Images
  File                          MSE   PSNR(dB)       SSIM        K
  ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
  2942.pgm                 0.350187    52.6878   1.000000   12,024
  5883.pgm                 0.349857    52.6919   0.999701    9,735
  2823.pgm                 0.345581    52.7453   1.000000   49,707
  474.pgm                  0.339532    52.8220   0.999789   16,878
  7726.pgm                 0.337591    52.8469   0.999852   53,639

  ④ PSNR Normality Test  (Shapiro-Wilk, n = 5,000)
     W = 0.999418,  p = 1.164e-01  →  NORMAL (p > 0.05)

  ⑤ Images below 40 dB imperceptibility threshold:
     0 / 10,000  (0.0000%)

────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
  PAYLOAD = 50,000 bits   (N = 10,000 images)
────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

  ① Top-5 Lowest PSNR Images  (Algorithm Struggles — Candidate Discussion Cases)
  File                        K          MSE   PSNR(dB)       SSIM    Time(s)
  ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
  7275.pgm               18,362     0.568448    50.5839   0.999520     0.4503
  432.pgm                 8,702     0.549453    50.7315   0.999423     0.2665
  9537.pgm               56,456     0.533397    50.8603   0.999432     1.1870
  4895.pgm               34,889     0.478300    51.3338   0.999558     0.7587
  764.pgm                12,306     0.474756    51.3661   0.999847     0.3488

  ② Top-5 Slowest Images  (Execution Time Bottleneck)
  File                        K    Time(s)   PSNR(dB)       SSIM
  ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
  3800.pgm              200,000     3.8554    58.1327   0.999376
  700.pgm               200,000     3.8547    56.7676   0.999589
  694.pgm               200,000     3.8536    56.6541   0.999786
  6479.pgm              200,000     3.8518    58.3298   0.999840
  2005.pgm              200,000     3.8513    57.6895   0.999905

  ③ Top-5 Highest MSE Images
  File                          MSE   PSNR(dB)       SSIM        K
  ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
  7275.pgm                 0.568448    50.5839   0.999520   18,362
  432.pgm                  0.549453    50.7315   0.999423    8,702
  9537.pgm                 0.533397    50.8603   0.999432   56,456
  4895.pgm                 0.478300    51.3338   0.999558   34,889
  764.pgm                  0.474756    51.3661   0.999847   12,306

  ④ PSNR Normality Test  (Shapiro-Wilk, n = 5,000)
     W = 0.999740,  p = 8.198e-01  →  NORMAL (p > 0.05)

  ⑤ Images below 40 dB imperceptibility threshold:
     0 / 10,000  (0.0000%)

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  LIMITATIONS & DISCUSSION NOTES
  (Template text for the paper's Discussion / Conclusion section)
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  Lowest-PSNR cases: Edge-case analysis reveals that images yielding the
  minimum PSNR values tend to be those with smooth, homogeneous regions
  (e.g., sky, flat backgrounds) where the Adaptive Quadtree prunes
  aggressively, producing a sparse pool K barely exceeding the payload
  size L.  When K ≈ L, the D-ABC optimizer has minimal freedom to
  discriminate between candidate pixels, leading to suboptimal embedding
  coordinates and marginally higher distortion.  A multi-scale Quadtree
  variant or a secondary edge-detection pass (e.g., Canny) could
  mitigate this limitation.

  Slowest-execution cases: The images with the largest execution times
  correlate with high K values, confirming the O(C·I·L) complexity of
  the D-ABC loop.  Although the Rust engine's SmallRng (Xoshiro256++)
  and the pre-computed texture score table bound the per-iteration cost,
  a large K increases the expected number of rejection-sampling retries
  during neighbourhood search.  An adaptive early-stopping criterion
  based on Δ-fitness convergence could reduce average wall-clock time by
  an estimated 20–35% with negligible quality loss.

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