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Table 2 Experimental computing time (seconds) for identification of total drug exposure (multiplication)

From: Proof-of-concept study: Homomorphically encrypted data can support real-time learning in personalized cancer medicine

Lambda (security measure in bits)

Multiplication depth

Time to encrypt all data for one patient

Time to multiply weight and dose data for all months

Time to add total exposure for one patient

Time to decrypt summary data for one patient

Total computation time for one patient

Estimated total time for 5000 patients

128

8

13.3

14.7

2.6

0.2

30.8

42 h

256

8

13.3

14.9

2.6

0.2

31.0

43 h

256

16

56.8

42.4

5.3

0.8

105.3

146 h

  1. aThe final decryption times of the results occur only once at the end of each analysis. All times in seconds unless otherwise specified