Computational aspects of statistical confidentiality the CASC-project

Abstract

In this paper we will give an overview of the CASC (Computational Aspects of Statistical Confidentiality) project (The CASC-project (see http://neon.vb.cbs.nl/casc) is partly funded under the 5th Research, Technological Development and Demonstration (RTD) Framework Programme of the European Commission. For further information on the 5th RTD-FP, see www.cordis.lu/fp5/home.html.). This project can be seen as a follow up of the SDC (Statistical Disclosure Control) project (The SDC-project was subsidised under the 4th RTD Framework Programme.). However, the main emphasis is more on building practical tools. The further development of the ARGUS-software package for statistical disclosure control will play a central role in this project. Besides this software development, several research topics have been included in the CASC-project. These research topics, both for the disclosure control of microdata as well as tabular data, aim at obtaining practical results that might be implemented in future version of ARGUS and find its way to the end-users.