Maximum entropy simulation for microdata protection

Statistics and Computing

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 307-320

  Polettini, Silvia ^a  

^a ITALIAN NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STATISTICS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Business microdata; Disclosure limitation; Maximum entropy; Record re identification; Regression; Simulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0348062788     PISSN: 09603174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025606604377     Document Type: Article

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