Data science empowering the public: Data-driven dashboards for transparent and accountable decision-making in smart cities

Government Information Quarterly

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2020, Pages

  Matheus, Ricardo ^a   Janssen, Marijn ^a   Maheshwari, Devender ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Accountability; Big data; Dashboards; Data science; Decision making; Design principles; E government; Open data; Open government; Policy making; Smart City; Transparency; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 85044786511     PISSN: 0740624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.giq.2018.01.006     Document Type: Article

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