Algorithm Audit

Biagio Aragona

ISBN 10: 0367530929 / ISBN 13: 9780367530921

Published by Routledge Mai 2023, 2023

About this Item

This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Seeking to increasing the social awareness of citizens, institutions, and corporations with regard to the risks presented by the acritical use of algorithms in decision-making, this book explains the rationale and the methods of algorithm audit. Interdisciplinary in approach, it provides a systematic overview of the subject, supplying readers with clear definitions and practical tools for the audit of algorithms, while also taking account of the political, business, and vocational obstacles to the development of this new field. As such, it constitutes an essential resource for students and researchers across the social sciences and humanities, as well as for professionals and policymakers, with concerns about the social consequences of algorithmic decision-making. 98 pp. Englisch.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Algorithm Audit
• Publisher: Routledge Mai 2023
• Publication Date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0367530929
• ISBN 13: 9780367530921
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 216W x 140H x 6D millimeters 216 millimeters width by 140 millimeters height by 6 millimeters depth
• Weight: 135 grams

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Synopsis

Seeking to increasing the social awareness of citizens, institutions, and corporations with regard to the risks presented by the acritical use of algorithms in decision-making, this book explains the rationale and the methods of algorithm audit. Interdisciplinary in approach, it provides a systematic overview of the subject, supplying readers with clear definitions and practical tools for the audit of algorithms, while also taking account of the political, business, and vocational obstacles to the development of this new field. As such, it constitutes an essential resource for students and researchers across the social sciences and humanities, as well as for professionals and policymakers, with concerns about the social consequences of algorithmic decision-making.

About the Author

Biagio Aragona is an Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Naples Federico II, Italy.