A paradigm for masking (camouflaging) information

International Statistical Review

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 331-349

  Keller McNulty, Sallie ^a   Nakhleh, Charles W ^a   Singpurwalla, Nozer D ^b  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision theory; Entropy; Intrusion; Shannon information; Statistical disclosure limitation; Utility

Indexed keywords

EID: 29344454115     PISSN: 03067734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-5823.2005.tb00152.x     Document Type: Article

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