Abstract
Cartographic maps have many practical uses and can be an attractive alternative for disseminating detailed frequency tables. However, a detailed map may disclose private data of individual units of a population. We will describe some smoothing algorithms to display spatial distribution patterns. In certain situations, the disclosure risk of a spatial distribution pattern, can be formulated in terms of a frequency table disclosure problem. In this paper we will explore the effects of spatial smoothing related to statistical disclosure control.
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The authors like to thank Ton de Waal for reviewing an earlier version of this paper.
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de Jonge, E., de Wolf, PP. (2016). Spatial Smoothing and Statistical Disclosure Control. In: Domingo-Ferrer, J., Pejić-Bach, M. (eds) Privacy in Statistical Databases. PSD 2016. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 9867. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-45381-1_9
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