PROCEEDINGS IPMU '08
Modeling Projections in Microaggregation
Jordi Nin and Vicenç Torra.
Microaggregation is a method used
by statistical agencies to limit the
disclosure of sensitive microdata. It
has been proven that microaggregation
is an NP-hard problem when
more than one variable is microaggregated
at the same time. To solve
this problem in a heuristic way, a
few methods based on projections
have been introduced in the literature.
The main drawback of such
methods is that the projected axis
is computed maximizing a statistical
property (e.g., the global variance
of the data), disregarding the
fact that the aim of microaggregation
is to keep the disclosure risk as
low as possible for all records.
In this paper we present some preliminary
results on the application
of aggregation functions for computing
the projected axis. We show
that, using the Sugeno integral to
calculate the projected axis, we can
reduce in some cases the disclosure
risk of the protected data (when projected
microaggregation is used).
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