multi-freq-ldpy 0.2.5
Multiple Frequency Estimation Under Local Differential Privacy in Python
License: MIT
Requires Python: >=3.6
Keywords: local-differential-privacy

# Multi-Freq-LDPy: Multiple Frequency Estimation Under Local Differential Privacy in Python

Multi-Freq-LDPy is a Python library for performing multiple frequency estimation tasks (one-time, multidimensional, longitudinal, and both) under local differential privacy (LDP) guarantees. The main goal is to provide an easy-to-use and fast execution toolkit to benchmark and experiment with state-of-the-art solutions and LDP protocols.

Here's an introductory [Video_Presentation](https://screencast-o-matic.com/watch/c3hhQYVYNDi), [Slide_Presentation](http://hharcolezi.github.io/files/2022_Multi_Freq_LDPy_Presentation.pdf), and [arXived Demonstration Paper](https://arxiv.org/abs/2205.02648) of our package.

If our codes and work are useful to you, we would appreciate a reference to:

```
@incollection{Arcolezi2022,
  doi = {10.1007/978-3-031-17143-7_40},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-17143-7_40},
  year = {2022},
  publisher = {Springer Nature Switzerland},
  pages = {770--775},
  author = {H{\'{e}}ber H. Arcolezi and Jean-Fran{\c{c}}ois Couchot and S{\'{e}}bastien Gambs and Catuscia Palamidessi and Majid Zolfaghari},
  title = {Multi-Freq-{LDPy}: Multiple Frequency Estimation Under Local Differential Privacy in~Python},
  booktitle = {Computer Security {\textendash} {ESORICS} 2022}
}
```

```
@incollection{Arcolezi2023,
  doi = {10.1007/978-3-031-37586-6_11},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-37586-6_11},
  year = {2023},
  publisher = {Springer Nature Switzerland},
  pages = {165--183},
  author = {H{\'{e}}ber H. Arcolezi and Selene Cerna and Catuscia Palamidessi},
  title = {On the Utility Gain of Iterative Bayesian Update for Locally Differentially Private Mechanisms},
  booktitle = {Data and Applications Security and Privacy {XXXVII}}
}
```



## Installation

Please use the package manager [pip](https://pypi.org/project/multi-freq-ldpy/) to install multi-freq-ldpy.

```bash
pip install multi-freq-ldpy
```

To ensure you use the latest version.

```
pip install multi-freq-ldpy --upgrade
```

Multi-Freq-LDPy requires the following Python packages.

```
numpy
numba
xxhash
```

## Content
Multi-Freq-LDPy and its modules are structured as follows. 

```
multi-freq-ldpy package
|
|- pure_frequency_oracles (Single Frequency Estimation)
|  |- GRR (Generalized Randomized Response[1,2] a.k.a. k-RR or Direct Encoding)
|  |- UE (Unary Encoding)
|  |  |- SUE (Symmetric UE[3] a.k.a. Basic One-Time RAPPOR[11])
|  |  |- OUE (Optimized UE[3])
|  |- HE (Histogram Encoding)
|  |  |- SHE (Summation with HE[3])
|  |  |- THE (Thresholding with HE[3])
|  |- LH (Local Hashing)
|  |  |- BLH (Binary LH[3,4])
|  |  |- OLH (Optimized LH[3])
|  |- SS (Subset Selection[5,6])
|  |- ADP (Adaptive, i.e., GRR or OUE)
|
|- mdim_freq_est (Multidimensional Frequency Estimation)
|  |- SPL_solution (Splitting solution[7,8]): Splits the privacy budget and sanitizes using pure_frequency_oracles LDP protocols
|  |  |- SPL_GRR, SPL_SUE, SPL_OUE, SPL_BLH, SPL_OLH, SPL_SS, SPL_ADP
|  |- SMP_solution (Random Sampling solution[7,8]): Samples a single attribute and sanitizes using pure_frequency_oracles LDP protocols
|  |  |- SMP_GRR, SMP_SUE, SMP_OUE, SMP_BLH, SMP_OLH, SMP_SS, SMP_ADP
|  |- RSpFD_solution (Random Sampling + Fake Data solution[9]): Samples a single attribute to sanitize but also generates fake data for each non-sampled attribute
|  |  |- RSpFD_GRR (fake data generated following domain size)
|  |  |- RSpFD_SUE_zero (fake data generated with SUE applied to a zero-vector)
|  |  |- RSpFD_SUE_rnd (fake data generated with SUE applied to a random bit-vector)
|  |  |- RSpFD_OUE_zero (fake data generated with OUE applied to a zero-vector)
|  |  |- RSpFD_OUE_rnd (fake data generated with OUE applied to a random bit-vector)
|  |  |- RSpFD_ADP (RSpFD_GRR or RSpFD_OUE_z)
|
|- long_freq_est (Longitudinal Single Frequency Estimation)
|  |- L_GRR (Longitudinal GRR[10])
|  |- L_LH (Longitudinal LH[12])
|  |  |- L_BLH (Binary LH[12])
|  |  |- L_OLH (Optimized LH[12])
|  |- L_OUE (Longitudinal OUE[10])
|  |- L_OSUE (Longitudinal OUE-SUE[10])
|  |- L_SUE (Longitudinal SUE[10], a.k.a. Basic RAPPOR[11])
|  |- L_SOUE (Longitudinal SUE-OUE[10])
|  |- L_ADP (Longitudinal ADP[10], i.e., L-GRR or L-OSUE)
|  |- dBitFlipPM[13]
|
|- long_mdim_freq_est (Longitudinal Multidimensional Frequency Estimation)
|  |- Longitudinal SPL (L_SPL_Solution[10]): Splits the privacy budget and sanitizes using long_freq_est LDP protocols
|  |  |- SPL_L_GRR, SPL_L_OUE, SPL_L_OSUE, SPL_L_SUE, SPL_L_SOUE, SPL_L_ADP, SPL_dBitFlipPM
|  |- Longitudinal SMP (L_SMP_Solution[10]): Samples a single attribute and sanitizes using long_freq_est LDP protocols
|  |  |- SMP_L_GRR, SMP_L_OUE, SMP_L_OSUE, SMP_L_SUE, SMP_L_SOUE, SMP_L_ADP, SMP_dBitFlipPM
|
| - estimators (Distribution Estimator Methods)
|  |- MI (Matrix Inverse)
|  |- IBU (Iterative Bayesian Estimator[14])
```

## Usage
This is a function-based package that simulates the LDP data collection pipeline of users and the server. For each functionality, there is always a ```Client``` and an ```Aggregator``` function. For more details, please refer to the [tutorials](https://github.com/hharcolezi/multi-freq-ldpy/tree/main/tutorials) folder, which covers all 1--4 tasks with real-world open datasets ([Adult](https://archive.ics.uci.edu/ml/datasets/adult), [Nursery](https://archive.ics.uci.edu/ml/datasets/nursery), [MS-FIMU](https://github.com/hharcolezi/OpenMSFIMU)).

```python
# Common libraries
import numpy as np
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

# Multi-Freq-LDPy functions for L-SUE protocol (a.k.a. Basic RAPPOR[11])
from multi_freq_ldpy.long_freq_est.L_SUE import L_SUE_Client, L_SUE_Aggregator_MI, L_SUE_Aggregator_IBU

# Parameters for simulation
epsilon_perm = 2 # longitudinal privacy guarantee, i.e., upper bound (infinity reports)
epsilon_1 = 0.5 * epsilon_perm # single report privacy guarantee, i.e., lower bound
n = int(1e6) # number of users
k = 5 # attribute's domain size

# Simulation dataset where every user has a number between [0-k) with n users
data = np.random.randint(k, size=n)

# Simulation of client-side
l_sue_reports = [L_SUE_Client(input_data, k, epsilon_perm, epsilon_1) for input_data in data]

# Simulation of server-side aggregation with Matrix Inversion (MI)
l_sue_est_freq_MI = L_SUE_Aggregator_MI(l_sue_reports, epsilon_perm, epsilon_1)

# Simulation of server-side aggregation with Iterative Bayesian Updates (IBU)[14]
l_sue_est_freq_IBU = L_SUE_Aggregator_IBU(l_sue_reports, k, epsilon_perm, epsilon_1)

# Real frequency 
real_freq = np.unique(data, return_counts=True)[-1] / n

# Visualizing results
x = np.arange(k)  # the label locations
barwidth = 0.3 # the width of the bars

plt.bar(x - barwidth, real_freq, label='Real Freq', width=barwidth)
plt.bar(x , l_sue_est_freq_MI, label='MI Est Freq: L-SUE', width=barwidth)
plt.bar(x + barwidth, l_sue_est_freq_IBU, label='IBU Est Freq: L-SUE', width=barwidth)
plt.ylabel('Normalized Frequency')
plt.xlabel('Domain values')
plt.legend(ncol=3, loc='upper right', bbox_to_anchor=(1., 1.1))
plt.show();
```

## Contributing
Multi-Freq-LDPy is a work in progress, and we expect to release new versions frequently, incorporating feedback and code contributions from the community. Pull requests are welcome. For major changes, please open an issue first to discuss what you would like to change.

## Contact
For any question, please contact [HÃ©ber H. Arcolezi](https://hharcolezi.github.io/): heber.hwang-arcolezi [at] inria.fr

## Acknowledgments
   * The Local Hashing (LH) functions were adapted from the [pure-LDP](https://github.com/Samuel-Maddock/pure-LDP) package, which covers a wider range of frequency oracles for single-frequency estimation.
   * Some codes were adapted from our [ldp-protocols-mobility-cdrs](https://github.com/hharcolezi/ldp-protocols-mobility-cdrs) and [LOLOHA](https://github.com/hharcolezi/LOLOHA) repositories. 

## License
[MIT](https://github.com/hharcolezi/multi-freq-ldpy/blob/main/LICENSE)


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