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O'Neil, Cathy

Weapons of math destruction : how big data increases inequality and threatens democracy / Cathy O'Neil. - x, 259 p. 22 cm

Bomb parts : what is a model? -- Shell shocked : my journey of disillusionment -- Arms race : going to college -- Propaganda machine : online advertising -- Civilian casualties : justice in the age of big data -- Ineligible to serve : getting a job -- Sweating bullets : on the job -- Collateral damage : landing credit -- No safe zone : getting insurance -- The targeted citizen : civic life.

ISBN: 0241296811 9780241296813

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Sociala indikatorer
Matematiska modeller
Algoritmer
Big data--Social aspects--United States
Big data--Political aspects--United States
Socal indicators--Mathematical models--Moral and ethical aspects
Human behavior--Mathematical models.
Mathematical models--Social aspects.
Algorithms--Social aspects.
Big data--sociala aspekter
Big data--politiska aspekter
Algorithms
Mathematical models
Social indicators

LC Class. No.: QA 76.9.C7 QA 9.7 Q 175.35

Dewey Class. No.: 005.7