Governing Algorithms: Myth, Mess, and Methods

Science Technology and Human Values

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 3-16

  Ziewitz, Malte ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

algorithms; governance; methods; myth; politics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84948705494     PISSN: 01622439     EISSN: 15528251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0162243915608948     Document Type: Article

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