Privacy-preserving quantum protocol for finding the maximum value.

In this paper, we first define a primitive protocol of secure multiparty computations to privately compute the logic operator "OR" (SMC_OR). Accordingly, we design a feasible quantum SMC_OR protocol by using single photons, which can achieve information-theoretical security in the semi-honest model. Furthermore, we adopt the proposed quantum SMC_OR protocol to solve an interesting but important privacy-preserving problem, i.e., finding the maximum value among many secrets. Finally, we simulate the related quantum protocols in Qiskit and verify the correctness and the feasibility of the proposed protocols. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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