In:
GigaScience, Oxford University Press (OUP), Vol. 10, No. 10 ( 2021-10-04)
Kurzfassung:
Data anonymization is an important building block for ensuring privacy and fosters the reuse of data. However, transforming the data in a way that preserves the privacy of subjects while maintaining a high degree of data quality is challenging and particularly difficult when processing complex datasets that contain a high number of attributes. In this article we present how we extended the open source software ARX to improve its support for high-dimensional, biomedical datasets. Findings For improving ARX's capability to find optimal transformations when processing high-dimensional data, we implement 2 novel search algorithms. The first is a greedy top-down approach and is oriented on a formally implemented bottom-up search. The second is based on a genetic algorithm. We evaluated the algorithms with different datasets, transformation methods, and privacy models. The novel algorithms mostly outperformed the previously implemented bottom-up search. In addition, we extended the GUI to provide a high degree of usability and performance when working with high-dimensional datasets. Conclusion With our additions we have significantly enhanced ARX's ability to handle high-dimensional data in terms of processing performance as well as usability and thus can further facilitate data sharing.
Materialart:
Online-Ressource
ISSN:
2047-217X
DOI:
10.1093/gigascience/giab068
Sprache:
Englisch
Verlag:
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Publikationsdatum:
2021
ZDB Id:
2708999-X
