{"id":"https://openalex.org/W4413104970","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/tnse.2025.3597640","title":"The Right to Be Forgotten Versus the Need to Be Remembered: Efficient Personalized Federated Unlearning With Optimal Incentives","display_name":"The Right to Be Forgotten Versus the Need to Be Remembered: Efficient Personalized Federated Unlearning With Optimal Incentives","publication_year":2025,"publication_date":"2025-08-11","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W4413104970","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/tnse.2025.3597640"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1109/tnse.2025.3597640","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/tnse.2025.3597640","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S2484352698","display_name":"IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering","issn_l":"2327-4697","issn":["2327-4697","2334-329X"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319808","host_organization_name":"Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319808"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering","raw_type":"journal-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5028490160","display_name":"Yuhang Pan","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4082-5344"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I87445476","display_name":"Xi'an Jiaotong University","ror":"https://ror.org/017zhmm22","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I87445476"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Yanghe Pan","raw_affiliation_strings":["School of Cyber Science and Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Cyber Science and Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I87445476"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5115590528","display_name":"Yuntao Wang","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I87445476","display_name":"Xi'an Jiaotong University","ror":"https://ror.org/017zhmm22","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I87445476"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Yuntao Wang","raw_affiliation_strings":["School of Cyber Science and Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Cyber Science and Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I87445476"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5101149934","display_name":"Zhou Su","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6518-3130"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I87445476","display_name":"Xi'an Jiaotong University","ror":"https://ror.org/017zhmm22","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I87445476"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Zhou Su","raw_affiliation_strings":["School of Cyber Science and Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Cyber Science and Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I87445476"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5046093998","display_name":"Yuan Gao","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6943-8110"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I87445476","display_name":"Xi'an Jiaotong University","ror":"https://ror.org/017zhmm22","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I87445476"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Yuan Gao","raw_affiliation_strings":["School of Cyber Science and Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Cyber Science and Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I87445476"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5119267935","display_name":"Shaolong Guo","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I87445476","display_name":"Xi'an Jiaotong University","ror":"https://ror.org/017zhmm22","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I87445476"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Shaolong Guo","raw_affiliation_strings":["School of Cyber Science and Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Cyber Science and Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I87445476"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5101435193","display_name":"Qing Hu","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8634-2583"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I87445476","display_name":"Xi'an Jiaotong University","ror":"https://ror.org/017zhmm22","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I87445476"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Qinnan Hu","raw_affiliation_strings":["School of Cyber Science and Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"School of Cyber Science and Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I87445476"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5100665328","display_name":"Ruidong Li","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I10091056","display_name":"Kanazawa University","ror":"https://ror.org/02hwp6a56","country_code":"JP","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I10091056"]}],"countries":["JP"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Ruidong Li","raw_affiliation_strings":["Institute of Science and Engineering, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Institute of Science and Engineering, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I10091056"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5101767012","display_name":"WeiWei Li","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1643-7648"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I23632641","display_name":"Shanghai University of Electric Power","ror":"https://ror.org/02w4tny03","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I23632641"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"WeiWei Li","raw_affiliation_strings":["College of Computer Science and Technology, Shanghai University of Electric Power, Shanghai, China"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"College of Computer Science and Technology, Shanghai University of Electric Power, Shanghai, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I23632641"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":2,"institutions_distinct_count":8,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5028490160"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I87445476"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":0.0,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":0,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.10368129,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":null,"biblio":{"volume":"13","issue":null,"first_page":"1616","last_page":"1631"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10237","display_name":"Cryptography and Data Security","score":0.9599999785423279,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1702","display_name":"Artificial Intelligence"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10237","display_name":"Cryptography and Data Security","score":0.9599999785423279,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1702","display_name":"Artificial Intelligence"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/incentive","display_name":"Incentive","score":0.8113702535629272},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.5443841814994812},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/knowledge-management","display_name":"Knowledge management","score":0.3262938857078552},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/economics","display_name":"Economics","score":0.19001996517181396},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/microeconomics","display_name":"Microeconomics","score":0.16745957732200623}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C29122968","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1414816","display_name":"Incentive","level":2,"score":0.8113702535629272},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.5443841814994812},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C56739046","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q192060","display_name":"Knowledge management","level":1,"score":0.3262938857078552},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C162324750","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8134","display_name":"Economics","level":0,"score":0.19001996517181396},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C175444787","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q39072","display_name":"Microeconomics","level":1,"score":0.16745957732200623}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1109/tnse.2025.3597640","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/tnse.2025.3597640","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S2484352698","display_name":"IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering","issn_l":"2327-4697","issn":["2327-4697","2334-329X"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319808","host_organization_name":"Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319808"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering","raw_type":"journal-article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":45,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W1488996941","https://openalex.org/W2112796928","https://openalex.org/W2126643042","https://openalex.org/W2318012404","https://openalex.org/W2963378725","https://openalex.org/W3001989995","https://openalex.org/W3034368386","https://openalex.org/W3095251140","https://openalex.org/W3112877893","https://openalex.org/W3118170459","https://openalex.org/W3154155772","https://openalex.org/W3164964481","https://openalex.org/W3184402277","https://openalex.org/W3193911850","https://openalex.org/W3197363474","https://openalex.org/W3209576002","https://openalex.org/W3213758632","https://openalex.org/W4206143364","https://openalex.org/W4225876608","https://openalex.org/W4283208007","https://openalex.org/W4285168489","https://openalex.org/W4383751256","https://openalex.org/W4385154262","https://openalex.org/W4386156801","https://openalex.org/W4386260553","https://openalex.org/W4386281056","https://openalex.org/W4387150145","https://openalex.org/W4387247622","https://openalex.org/W4388756135","https://openalex.org/W4389747890","https://openalex.org/W4390660449","https://openalex.org/W4391528840","https://openalex.org/W4393252682","https://openalex.org/W4394804896","https://openalex.org/W4396757578","https://openalex.org/W4400830279","https://openalex.org/W4401305008","https://openalex.org/W4402157488","https://openalex.org/W4402301520","https://openalex.org/W4403758929","https://openalex.org/W4406459495","https://openalex.org/W4407661798","https://openalex.org/W4410089278","https://openalex.org/W4410343036","https://openalex.org/W4410492020"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W4391375266","https://openalex.org/W2899084033","https://openalex.org/W2748952813","https://openalex.org/W2367468089","https://openalex.org/W2390279801","https://openalex.org/W2358591856","https://openalex.org/W4391913857","https://openalex.org/W2098133976","https://openalex.org/W2358668433","https://openalex.org/W2347416728"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Federated":[0],"Learning":[1],"(FL)":[2],"enables":[3],"privacy-preserving":[4],"collaborative":[5],"training":[6,108],"across":[7,57],"distributed":[8],"devices":[9],"without":[10],"direct":[11],"data":[12,32,64,81,111],"sharing.":[13],"However,":[14],"existing":[15,213],"FL":[16],"approaches":[17,44],"faces":[18],"new":[19],"challenges":[20],"in":[21,30],"upholding":[22],"users'":[23,123],"right":[24],"to":[25,52,80,100,128,138,171,212],"be":[26,129],"forgotten":[27],"(RTBF),":[28],"particularly":[29],"reconciling":[31],"removal":[33],"guarantees":[34],"with":[35,182],"model":[36,86,148],"performance":[37,196],"preservation.":[38],"Current":[39],"server-centric":[40],"federated":[41],"unlearning":[42,55,78,94,113,144],"(FU)":[43],"suffer":[45],"from":[46],"two":[47],"critical":[48],"limitations:":[49],"i)":[50],"inability":[51],"accommodate":[53],"personalized":[54,72,102],"requirements":[56,104],"users,":[58],"and":[59,91,112,125,168,174,201,209],"ii)":[60],"lack":[61],"of":[62,155,197,205],"verifiable":[63],"erasure":[65],"guarantees.":[66],"We":[67,150],"propose":[68],"a":[69,132],"novel":[70],"user-centric":[71],"FU":[73],"(PFU)":[74],"framework":[75],"that":[76,180,189],"shifts":[77],"control":[79],"owners":[82],"while":[83],"maintaining":[84],"global":[85,199],"utility,":[87],"where":[88],"they":[89],"independently":[90],"adaptively":[92],"adjust":[93],"intensity":[95],"parameters":[96],"(e.g.,":[97],"distillation":[98],"temperature)":[99],"meet":[101],"forgetting":[103],"through":[105],"multi-task":[106],"alternating":[107],"on":[109],"local":[110],"knowledge":[114],"distillation.":[115],"To":[116],"further":[117],"resolve":[118],"the":[119,153,156,165,176,195,203,207],"fundamental":[120],"conflict":[121],"between":[122],"RTBF":[124],"servers'":[126],"need":[127],"remembered":[130],"(NTBR),":[131],"contract-theoretic":[133],"incentive":[134],"mechanism":[135],"is":[136],"devised":[137],"compensate":[139],"users":[140,170,210],"for":[141],"reducing":[142],"their":[143,183],"intensity,":[145],"thereby":[146],"enhancing":[147],"utility.":[149],"theoretically":[151],"prove":[152],"optimality":[154],"designed":[157],"contracts":[158],"under":[159],"multi-dimensional":[160],"information":[161],"asymmetry,":[162],"which":[163],"maximize":[164],"server's":[166],"utility":[167],"motivate":[169],"truthfully":[172],"select":[173],"sign":[175],"corresponding":[177],"contract":[178],"items":[179],"align":[181],"privacy":[184],"expectations.":[185],"Extensive":[186],"experiments":[187],"demonstrate":[188],"our":[190],"proposed":[191],"scheme":[192],"significantly":[193],"enhances":[194],"unlearned":[198],"models":[200],"improves":[202],"utilities":[204],"both":[206],"server":[208],"compared":[211],"approaches.":[214]},"counts_by_year":[],"updated_date":"2026-03-27T05:58:40.876381","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}