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u79427 |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION |
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20171208180958.0 |
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170112s2016 enk b 001 0 eng d |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780241296813 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
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| Original cataloging agency |
NLE |
| Language of cataloging |
eng |
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rda |
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NLE |
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OCLCO |
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TKN |
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YDX |
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UK-LoPHL |
| 082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
303.483 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
O'Neil, Cathy |
| Relator term |
author. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
113665 |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Weapons of math destruction : |
| Remainder of title |
how big data increases inequality and threatens democracy / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. |
Cathy O'Neil. |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE |
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| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture |
United Kingdon : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer |
Allen Lane, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice |
2016. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
x, 259 pages |
| 336 ## - CONTENT TYPE |
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text |
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rdacontent |
| 337 ## - MEDIA TYPE |
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unmediated |
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rdamedia |
| 338 ## - CARRIER TYPE |
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volume |
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rdacarrier |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc. |
A former Wall Street quant sounds an alarm on the mathematical models that pervade modern life - and threaten to rip apart our social fabric We live in the age of the algorithm. Increasingly, the decisions that affect our lives - where we go to school, whether we get a loan, how much we pay for insurance - are being made not by humans, but by mathematical models. In theory, this should lead to greater fairness: everyone is judged according to the same rules, and bias is eliminated. And yet, as Cathy O'Neil reveals in this urgent and necessary book, the opposite is true. The models being used today are opaque, unregulated, and incontestable, even when they're wrong. Most troubling, they reinforce discrimination. Tracing the arc of a person's life, O'Neil exposes the black box models that shape our future, both as individuals and as a society. These "weapons of math destruction" score teachers and students, sort CVs, grant or deny loans, evaluate workers, target voters, and monitor our health. O'Neil calls on modellers to take more responsibility for their algorithms and on policy makers to regulate their use. But in the end, it's up to us to become more savvy about the models that govern our lives. This important book empowers us to ask the tough questions, uncover the truth, and demand change. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Big data |
| General subdivision |
Social aspects. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
59320 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Human behaviour |
| General subdivision |
Mathematical models. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
60321 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Mathematical models |
| General subdivision |
Social aspects. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
60322 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Algorithms |
| General subdivision |
Social aspects. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
60323 |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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Do not suppress in OPAC |