Algorithmic geographies: Big data, algorithmic uncertainty, and the production of geographic knowledge

Annals of the American Association of Geographers

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 274-282

  Kwan, Mei Po ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Algorithmic geographies; Algorithms; Big data; Geographic knowledge; Human mobility

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; GEOGRAPHICAL KNOWLEDGE; MOBILITY;

EID: 84971419907     PISSN: 24694452     EISSN: 24694460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00045608.2015.1117937     Document Type: Article

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