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    Yu-Guang Yang, Rui-Chen Huang, Yi-Hua Zhou & Wei-Min Shi

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    Yu-Guang Yang

  3. College of Computer Science and Engineering, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, 266590, China

    Guang-Bao Xu

  4. College of Computer Science and Technology, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, China

    Dan Li

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Yang, YG., Huang, RC., Xu, GB. et al. Information Leakage in a Tree-Type Multiparty Quantum Key Agreement Protocol Against Collusive Attacks. Int J Theor Phys 62, 148 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10773-023-05421-w

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