Algorithmic Geographies: Big Data, Algorithmic Uncertainty, and the Production of Geographic Knowledge.

Drawing on examples from human mobility research, I argue in this article that the advent of big data has significantly increased the role of algorithms in mediating the geographic knowledge production process. This increased centrality of algorithmic mediation introduces much more uncertainty to th...

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Published in:	Annals of the American Association of Geographers Vol. 106; no. 2; pp. 274 - 283
Main Author:	Kwan, Mei-Po
Format:	Article
Published:	Taylor & Francis Ltd Mar2016
Subjects:	Geography Information & communication technologies Big data Algorithms Data analysis Data protection Evolutionary algorithms
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost