\section{Summary}
\label{sec:eval-sum}
In this chapter we presented the experimental evaluation of the {\thething} privacy mechanisms and the privacy-preserving {\thething} selection mechanism that we developed in Chapter~\ref{ch:lmdk-prv}, on real and synthetic data sets.
The Adaptive mechanism is the most reliable and best performing mechanism, in terms of overall data utility, with minimal tuning across most of the cases.
Skip performs optimally in data sets with a smaller target value range, where approximation fits best.
The {\thething} selection mechanism introduces a reasonable data utility decline to all of our mechanisms however, the Adaptive handles it well and bounds the data utility to higher levels compared to user-level protection.
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In terms of temporal correlation, we observe that under moderate and strong temporal correlation, a greater average regular--{\thething} event distance in a {\thething} distribution causes greater overall privacy loss.
Finally, the contribution of the {\thething} privacy on enhancing the data utility, while preserving $\epsilon$-differential privacy, is demonstrated by the fact that the selected Adaptive mechanism provides better data utility than the user-level mechanism.
