利用平滑性结构,实现更优的差分隐私合成数据生成。
Minimax optimal differentially private synthetic data for smooth queries
- 基于高阶导数有界性设计高效算法,提升隐私合成数据精度。
- 在k-光滑查询下达到最小极大误差率O(n^{-min{1,k/d}}),含log(n)因子。
- 首次建立k-光滑查询下的最优下界,适合关注隐私与精度平衡的研究者。
差分隐私合成数据可在保护个体隐私的同时共享敏感数据集。现有方法对广义查询类(如所有Lipschitz函数)保证均匀准确率,但常导致实际分析统计量的次优性能。由于许多常见分析查询具有超越最坏情况Lipschitz边界所捕获的平滑性,本文研究从大小为n、定义于超立方体[-1,1]^d上的数据集中生成(ε,δ)-差分隐私合成数据的问题,目标是针对所有前k阶导数有界的光滑查询提供统一的效用保证。提出一种多项式时间算法,实现最小极大误差率O_{k,d}(n^{-min{1,k/d}}),仅含log(n)因子。该结果揭示了k=d时的相变现象。本工作推广了Musco等(2025)、Wang等(2016)的切比雪夫矩匹配框架,并严格改进了之前关于k-光滑查询的误差率。此外,首次建立了(ε,δ)-差分隐私合成数据在k-光滑查询下的最小极大下界,扩展了Boedihardjo等(2024)对ε-差分隐私的Wasserstein下界。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
Differentially private synthetic data enables the sharing and analysis of sensitive datasets while providing rigorous privacy guarantees for individual contributors. A central challenge is to achieve strong utility guarantees for meaningful downstream analysis. Many existing methods ensure uniform accuracy over broad query classes, such as all Lipschitz functions, but this level of generality often leads to suboptimal rates for statistics of practical interest. Since many common data analysis queries exhibit smoothness beyond what worst-case Lipschitz bounds capture, we ask whether exploiting this additional structure can yield improved utility. We study the problem of generating $(\varepsilon,δ)$-differentially private synthetic data from a dataset of size $n$ supported on the hypercube $[-1,1]^d$, with utility guarantees uniformly for all smooth queries having bounded derivatives up to order $k$. We propose a polynomial-time algorithm that achieves a minimax error rate of $O_{k,d}(n^{-\min \{1, \frac{k}{d}\}})$, up to a $\log(n)$ factor. This characterization uncovers a phase transition at $k=d$. Our results generalize the Chebyshev moment matching framework of (Musco et al., 2025; Wang et al., 2016) and strictly improve the error rates for $k$-smooth queries established in \citep{wang2016differentially}. Moreover, we establish the first minimax lower bound for the utility of $(\varepsilon,δ)$-differentially private synthetic data with respect to $k$-smooth queries, extending the Wasserstein lower bound for $\varepsilon$-differential privacy in (Boedihardjo et al., 2024).
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