An Unequal Probability Scheme for Improving Anonymity in Shared Key Operations

Journal of Statistical Theory and Practice - Tập 8 - Trang 100-112 - 2014
Mausumi Bose1, Rahul Mukerjee2
1Applied Statistics Unit, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, India
2Indian Institute of Management Calcutta, Kolkata, India

Tóm tắt

We propose a new unequal probability scheme for shared key operations. It is seen that this scheme improves upon the values of anonymity measures, as quantified via appropriate conditional probabilities, over the existing ones, which are based on equal probability selection.

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