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Table 1 Notations and their descriptions

From: Tor network anonymity evaluation based on node anonymity

Notations

Descriptions

Y

Initialized node information matrix

X

Node information matrix

\(x_{i j}^{\prime }\)

Initial value of the jth evaluation metric for the i-th node in X

\(y_{i j}\)

Initialized value of the jth evaluation metric of the i-th node in Y

\(v_{j}\)

The coefficient of variation of indicator j

\({\overline{x}_{j}}\)

The average value of indicator j

\(S_{j}\)

Standard deviation of indicator j

\(w_{j}\)

Weight of indicator j

\(R_{i}\)

Behavior base value of node

IQR

Interquartile distance

\(D_{node}\)

Node anonymity

\(D_{net}\)

Network anonymity

\(X_{net}\)

Network information matrix

\(Y_{net}\)

Initialized Network information matrix

\({\text{x}_{\text{net}_{\text{ij}}}}\)

Initial value of the jth evaluation metric for the i-th node in \(X_{net}\)

\({\text{y}_{\text{net}_{\text{ij}}}}\)

Initialized value of the jth evaluation metric of the i-th node in \(Y_{net}\)