ranksSecureDS3.Rdtakes key non-disclosive components of the serverside data frame blackbox.ranks.df over to the clientside to enable global re-ranking of the global ranks just applying to the real data (not the pseudo-data).
ranksSecureDS3()the non-disclosive elements of blackbox.output.df (see details) on the serverside as a data frame object (called sR6.df) on the clientside. After processing within ds.ranksSecure to create the global ranks and global quantiles (of real data only) across all studies, this is returned to the serverside as data frame "global.ranks.quantiles.df" using the clientside function ds.dmtC2S. To illustrate the difference between ranks and quantiles, if there are a total of 1000 original real observations across all studies and one particular observation has the rank 250, it will have quantile value 0.25 (i.e. 25
increasing value). Both ranks and quantiles can have ties. For more details about the cluster of functions that collectively enable secure global ranking and estimation of global quantiles see the associated document entitled "secure.global.ranking.docx". Also see the header file for ds.ranksSecure
Severside aggregate function called by ds.ranksSecure. The non-disclosive components of blackbox.ranks.df that are transmitted to the clientside are: (1) final values of the encrypted global ranks vector after all seven rounds of encryption have been completed; (2) a set of sequential IDs allocated to the global ranks vector in each study in their current order based on increasing value of V2BR. This allows later re-linkage of values back on the serverside and confirmation that that linkage is correct. (3) a studyid vector with all values n in the nth study. This facilitates data management on the serverside during the global ranking of global ranks. For more details about the cluster of functions that collectively enable secure global ranking and estimation of global quantiles see the associated document entitled "secure.global.ranking.docx". Also see the header file for ds.ranksSecure