In this thesis we present a critical analysis of the system-wide anonymity metric by
Edman et al. [1], which is based on the permanent value of a doubly-stochastic matrix.
From the view of intuitive understanding, we show that a metric that looks no further than
the permanent, a composite value, is at best a rough indicator of anonymity, We find the
range where its inaccuracy is acute, and propose a better anonymity indicator. Also, we
show that this metric fails to possess desirable generalization properties by constructing an
information-preserving embedding of a smaller class of attacks into the wider class for which
this metric was proposed. Finally, we show a new general, accurate anonymity metric that
does not exhibit these shortcomings. / Thesis (M.S.)--Wichita State University, College of Engineering, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:WICHITA/oai:soar.wichita.edu:10057/5041 |
| Date | 07 1900 |
| Creators | Li, Rong |
| Contributors | Bagai, Rajiv |
| Publisher | Wichita State University |
| Source Sets | Wichita State University |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | viii, 28 p. |
| Rights | © Copyright 2011 by Rong Li. All rights reserved |
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