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2012 Peer-reviewed

Testing of IHSN C++ Code and Inclusion of New Methods into sdcMicro

Alexander Kowarik, Matthias Templ, Bernhard Meindl, Francois Fonteneau, Bernd Prantner — Privacy in Statistical Databases (Lecture Notes in Computer Science)

Abstract

This contribution describes the integration of the International Household Survey Network (IHSN) C++ routines into the sdcMicro R package, together with the systematic testing that accompanied it. Performance-critical disclosure-control operations were re-implemented in compiled code and exposed through R, giving analysts faster perturbation and risk-estimation methods without leaving their usual environment. The work also broadened sdcMicro’s method coverage and verified the new routines against existing implementations for correctness. Presented at Privacy in Statistical Databases, it helped establish sdcMicro as a practical, reliable toolset for anonymising survey microdata in statistical agencies, including the low-resource settings supported by the IHSN.

statistical disclosure control sdcMicro IHSN microdata perturbation