Automate this : how algorithms came to rule our world /
By: Steiner, Christopher
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BookPublisher: New York : Portfolio/Penguin, 2012.Description: vi, 248 p. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9781591844921 (trade); 1591844924Subject(s): Finance -- Computer simulation | Finance -- Decision making -- Data processing | Capital market -- Computer simulation | Algorithms | Computer simulation | Finance -- Data processingDDC classification: 332.01/13 Online resources: Location Map
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Examines how algorithms or "bots" have taken over many high-level tasks in daily life, and are poised to take over even more in the future.
| Item type | Home library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| REGULAR | University of Wollongong in Dubai Main Collection | 332.0113 ST AU (Browse shelf) | Available | T0046008 |
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| 332.01 BE FI Financial modeling / | 332.01 BE FI Financial modeling / | 332.01 BE FI Financial modeling / | 332.0113 ST AU Automate this : | 332.0151 GU MA Mathematics of interest rates and finance / | 332.0151 JE MA Mathematical methods for financial markets / | 332.015118 BE FI Financial modeling |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-234) and index.
Wall Street, the first domino -- A brief history of man and algorithms -- The Bot top 40 -- The secret highways of Bots -- Gaming the system -- Paging Dr. Bot -- Categorizing humankind -- Wall Street versus Silicon Valley -- Wall Sreet's loss is a gain for the rest of us -- The future belongs to the algorithms and their creators.
Examines how algorithms or "bots" have taken over many high-level tasks in daily life, and are poised to take over even more in the future.
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