Year: 2023
Type: preprint
Abstract: We present a highly effective algorithmic approach for generating $\varepsilon$-differentially private synthetic data in a bounded metric space with near-optimal utility guarantees under the 1-Wasserstein distance. In particular, for a dataset $X$ in the hypercube $[0,1]^d$, our algorithm generates synthetic dataset $Y$ such that the expected 1-Wasserstein distance between the empirical measure of $X$ and $Y$ is $O((\varepsilon n)^{-1/d})$ for $d\geq 2$, and is $O(\log^2(\varepsilon n)(\varepsilon n)^{-1})$ for $d=1$. The accuracy guarantee is optimal up to a constant factor for $d\geq 2$, and up to a logarithmic factor for $d=1$. Our algorithm has a fast running time of $O(\varepsilon dn)$ for all $d\geq 1$ and demonstrates improved accuracy compared to the method in (Boedihardjo et al., 2022) for $d\geq 2$.
Source: arXiv (Cornell University)
Authors: He, Yiyun, Vershynin, Roman, Zhu, Yizhe
Language: English
Subfield: Artificial Intelligence
Field: Computer Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
Funder: National Science Foundation
OpenAlex ID: W4320837448