Probabilistic information loss measures in confidentiality protection of continuous microdata

Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 181-193

  Mateo Sanz, Josep M ^a   Domingo Ferrer, Josep ^a   Sebé, Francesc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

Author keywords

Database security; Information loss measures; Microdata protection; Privacy; Statistical disclosure control

Indexed keywords

DATABASE SECURITY; INFERENCE CONTROL; INFORMATION LOSS MEASURES; MICRODATA; MICRODATA PROTECTION; STATISTICAL DISCLOSURE CONTROL;

DATA PRIVACY; DATABASE SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION; PROBABILITY; SECURITY OF DATA;

INFORMATION ANALYSIS;

EID: 26944480003     PISSN: 13845810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10618-005-0011-9     Document Type: Article

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