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To develop and assess confidentiality-preserving methods for computing linear regressions and associated model diagnostics across distributed, multi-owner databases.

May 21, 2005Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics

Secure Regression on Distributed Databases

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AKAlan F. KarrFraunhofer USA XLXiaodong LinUniversity of Toronto ASAshish SanilInova Health System

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Methodological framework demonstrates privacy-preserving linear regression across distributed databases, enabling secure inter-agency data sharing without compromising record confidentiality.

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To develop and assess confidentiality-preserving methods for computing linear regressions and associated model diagnostics across distributed, multi-owner databases.
Evaluated secure data integration protocols that merge distributed datasets while preventing database owners from identifying records belonging to other entities.
Implemented secure multiparty computation using local statistics combined additively via the secure summation protocol to compute least squares estimators of coefficients and error variances.
Formulated model diagnostic techniques based on shared residual statistics and secure integration of synthetic residuals.
Secure multiparty computation enabled exact estimation of linear regression coefficients and variance components without exposing raw record origins.
Model diagnostic approaches supported rigorous error checking and validation across distributed environments while maintaining confidentiality.

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Karr et al. (2005) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a1c2bc06f692abb725f2299 https://doi.org/10.1198/106186005x47714

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Methodological framework demonstrates privacy-preserving linear regression across distributed databases, enabling secure inter-agency data sharing without compromising record confidentiality.

Secure Regression on Distributed Databases

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Secure Regression on Distributed Databases

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