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Ethics in modeling / edited by William A. Wallace.

Contributor(s): Wallace, William AMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: Oxford : Pergamon : Elsevier, c1994. ISBN: 0080419305Subject(s): Social sciences -- Mathematical models -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Congresses | Mathematical models -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Congresses | Decision making -- Mathematical modelsDDC classification: 170.15118
Partial contents:
Introduction / William A. Wallace -- Uses of Modeling in Science and Society / John Allison, Abraham Charnes, William W. Cooper and Toshiyuki Sueyoshi -- An Epistemological View of Decision Aid Technology with Emphasis on Expert Systems / Harold D. Carrier and William A. Wallace -- Models in the Public Sector: Success, Failure and Ethical Behavior / John M. Mulvey -- Rhetoric and Rigor in Macroeconomic Models: Populist and Orthodox Swings in Latin America / Paul D. McNelis -- Ethical and Modeling Considerations in Correcting the Results of the 1990 Decennial Census / Stephen E. Fienberg -- The Role of Models in Managerial Decision Making - Never Say the Model Says / Vincent P. Barabba -- From Model Building to Risk Management: Evolving Standards of Professional Responsibility / N. Phillip Ross and Suzanne Harris -- On Model Building / John D.C. Little -- Morality and Models / Richard O. Mason -- One Sided Practice - Can We Do Better? / Jonathan Rosenhead -- Ethical Concerns and Ethical Answers / Saul I. Gass -- Responsible Policy Modeling / Warren E. Walker -- Society's Role in the Ethics of Modeling / Edith H. Leet and William A. Wallace -- Appendix A: Authors (Affiliation at Time of Publication) -- Appendix B: Ethics in Modeling Workshop Agenda -- Appendix C: Ethics in Modeling Workshop Participants (Affiliation at Time of Workshop).
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / William A. Wallace -- Uses of Modeling in Science and Society / John Allison, Abraham Charnes, William W. Cooper and Toshiyuki Sueyoshi -- An Epistemological View of Decision Aid Technology with Emphasis on Expert Systems / Harold D. Carrier and William A. Wallace -- Models in the Public Sector: Success, Failure and Ethical Behavior / John M. Mulvey -- Rhetoric and Rigor in Macroeconomic Models: Populist and Orthodox Swings in Latin America / Paul D. McNelis -- Ethical and Modeling Considerations in Correcting the Results of the 1990 Decennial Census / Stephen E. Fienberg -- The Role of Models in Managerial Decision Making - Never Say the Model Says / Vincent P. Barabba -- From Model Building to Risk Management: Evolving Standards of Professional Responsibility / N. Phillip Ross and Suzanne Harris -- On Model Building / John D.C. Little -- Morality and Models / Richard O. Mason -- One Sided Practice - Can We Do Better? / Jonathan Rosenhead -- Ethical Concerns and Ethical Answers / Saul I. Gass -- Responsible Policy Modeling / Warren E. Walker -- Society's Role in the Ethics of Modeling / Edith H. Leet and William A. Wallace -- Appendix A: Authors (Affiliation at Time of Publication) -- Appendix B: Ethics in Modeling Workshop Agenda -- Appendix C: Ethics in Modeling Workshop Participants (Affiliation at Time of Workshop).

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