Ethics in Modeling

by William A. Wallace

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0080419305
• ISBN13: 9780080419305
• Release Date: May 1994
• Publisher: Elsevier Science Ltd
• Length: 276 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"