Perturbation of a shared, distributed cube

A system comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a computer-readable medium operably coupled to the processor, the computer-readable medium having computer-readable instructions stored thereon that, when executed by the processor, cause the system to
• receive a perturbation rule associated with a user, wherein the perturbation rule is configured for application to a cube of data, wherein the cube of data is distributed onto a plurality of computing devices with each computing device of the plurality of computing devices storing a different portion of the cube of data, wherein the computing device is one of the plurality of computing devices;
• create a process space associated with the user;
• compile the received perturbation rule in association with the created process space;
• receive a query on the portion of the cube of data stored at the computing device, wherein the query is associated with the user;
• associate the received query with the created process space;
• process the query while applying the compiled perturbation rule to data extracted from the portion of the cube of data stored at the computing device;
• and
• send a result of the processed query to a requesting computing device.

A method of performing a query on a cube of data, the method comprising:

• receiving a perturbation rule associated with a user at a computing device, wherein the perturbation rule is configured for application to a cube of data, wherein the cube of data is distributed onto a plurality of computing devices with each computing device of the plurality of computing devices storing a different portion of the cube of data, wherein the computing device is one of the plurality of computing devices;
• creating, by the computing device, a process space associated with the user;
• compiling, by the computing device, the received perturbation rule in association with the created process space;
• receiving a query on the portion of the cube of data stored at the computing device, wherein the query is associated with the user;
• associating, by the computing device, the received query with the created process space;
• processing the query, by the computing device, while applying the compiled perturbation rule to data extracted from the portion of the cube of data stored at the computing device;
• and
• sending, by the computing device, a result of the processed query to a requesting computing device.