  The effect of a q-deformation of flavor symmetry on octet baryon magnetic
moments is investigated by taking the quantum group Uq(su(3)) as a flavor
symmetry and calculating expressions for the magnetic moments of the octet
baryons. Using the experimental values for the magnetic moments of the proton,
neutron, and Lambda baryons as input, the magnetic moments of the up, down, and
strange quarks, and by extension those of the remaining octet baryons, depend
on the value of the deformation parameter q. Plotting the least square error as
a function of q we find the undeformed value q=1 is a local maximum. Nearby are
a relative minimum (at q=0.610) and an absolute minimum (at q=1.774). The value
q=1.774 gives an approximately 10% decrease in the least square error compared
to the undeformed case. For this value of q the quark masses of the up and down
quarks are calculated to be 331 MeV and 305 MeV respectively.
