Ethics in Modeling

Name: Ethics in Modeling
Brand: Emerald Publishing Limited
SKU: 9780080419305
Price: 119.5 EUR
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Автор: Wallace, William A. Wallace

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Издател: Emerald Publishing Limited

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The use of mathematical models to support decision-making is proliferating in both the public and pr...

Информация за книгата

Автор

Wallace, William A. Wallace

Език

Английски език

Корици

Книга - С твърди корици

Издадена

1994

страници

276

EAN

9780080419305

ISBN

0080419305

Enbook ID

04490418

Издател

Emerald Publishing Limited

Теглоt

566

Размери

156 x 234 x 17

Пълно описание

The use of mathematical models to support decision-making is proliferating in both the public and private sectors. Advances in computer technology and greater opportunities to learn the appropriate techniques are extending modelling capabilities to more and more people. As powerful decision aids, models can be both beneficial or harmful. At present, few safeguards exist to prevent model builders or users from deliberately, carelessly, or recklessly manipulating data to further their own ends. Perhaps more importantly, few people understand or appreciate that harm can be caused when builders or users fail to recognise the values and assumptions on which a model is based or fail to take into account all the groups who would be affected by a model's results. This volume provides a setting for a dialogue about ethics and shows the need to continue and define a vocabulary for exploring ethical concerns. It will become increasingly important for model builders and users to have a clear and strong code of ethics to guide them in making the ethical decisions they surely will have to face.

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