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ARGUS: Open Source Software for Statistical Disclosure Control

Explore the project timeline, contributors, and objectives of µ-ARGUS and τ-ARGUS, two tools developed for statistical disclosure control. Learn about the funding support, platform independence, open solvers, and upcoming beta version release. Discover the transition to an open source community and the software's features written in Java and C/C++.

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ARGUS: Open Source Software for Statistical Disclosure Control

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  1. Open source softwareARGUS UNECE/Eurostatworksession 2013

  2. Contents • Introduction • Overview project • Someremarks

  3. Introduction • Software toapply SDC: • µ-ARGUS (microdata) • τ-ARGUS (tabular data) • Existssince late 1990’s • Statistics Netherlands • SDC project (1996-1998) • CASC project (2000-2003) • CENEX-SDC (2006) • ESSnet SDC (2008-2009) • ESSnetharmonisation (2011-2012)

  4. Introduction Maincontributors: • Statistics Netherlands • Destatis • Istat • ULL (Tenerife) • URV (Tarragona)

  5. Introduction Time flieswhenyou’rehavingfun People get older… Time to Open Up Open Source

  6. The project • Fundedby a specificgrantfromEurostat • Co-fundedbyStatistics Netherlands • Objectives: • Stay as close as possibletocurrentversion • Open Source version of ARGUS • Open source community cancontribute • Platform independent • Open solvers

  7. The project • Open solvers: • Next toexistingXpressand CPLEX • E.g., SCIP with CLP, GLPK, … • Optimization-code not part of this project • Providedbyotherprojects • E.g., • Separate Eurostatfunding

  8. The project Timeline: • Started December 2012 • Ends December 2014 • June 2014 betaversion of τ-ARGUS forgeneraltesting • December 2014 set in Open Source community

  9. Someremarks GUI willbewritten in Java (replacing VB) Calculations are written in C/C++ Gnu compiler (MinGW)

  10. Someremarks For µ-ARGUS: • Java GUI, but “re-using” R-code fromsdcMicroifpossible/applicable For τ -ARGUS: • CSP with Open Solver SCIP/CLP • Rounding: underdiscussionwithEurostat • CTA with Open Solver

  11. Someremarks • Open Source licence EUPL • SCIP needstobe “paid off” • Governancestructuretobedefined • Currentlyunderdevelopment at bitbucket.org • At the end: available via Joinup website of Eurostat

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