Hypergraphs of multiparty secrets

  • Authors:
  • Sara Miner More;Pavel Naumov

  • Affiliations:
  • Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, McDaniel College, Westminster, USA 21157;Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, McDaniel College, Westminster, USA 21157

  • Venue:
  • Annals of Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence
  • Year:
  • 2011

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Abstract

The article considers interdependencies between secrets in a multiparty system. Each secret is assumed to be known only to a certain fixed set of parties. These sets can be viewed as edges of a hypergraph whose vertices are the parties of the system. The properties of interdependencies are expressed through a multi-argument relation called independence, which is a generalization of a binary relation also known as nondeducibility. The main result is a complete and decidable logical system that describes interdependencies that may exist on a fixed hypergraph. Additionally, the axioms and inference rules in this system are shown to be independent in the standard logical sense.