Masking methods that preserve positivity constraints in microdata

Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference

Volumn 141, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 31-41

  Oganian, Anna ^a   Karr, Alan F ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Constraints; Positivity; SDL method; Statistical disclosure limitation (SDL)

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956270034     PISSN: 03783758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jspi.2010.04.052     Document Type: Article

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