Engines of Order : A Mechanology of Algorithmic Techniques /

Software has become a key component of contemporary life and algorithmic techniques that rank, classify, or recommend anything that fits into digital form are everywhere. This book approaches the field of information ordering conceptually as well as historically. Building on the philosophy of Gilber...

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1. Verfasser: Rieder, Bernhard (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2020
Schriftenreihe:Recursions: theories of media, materiality, and cultural techniques.
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Inhaltsangabe:
  • Engines of order
  • Rethinking software
  • Software-making and algorithmic techniques
  • From universal classification to a postcoordinated universe
  • From frequencies to vectors
  • Interested learning
  • Calculating networks : from sociometry to PageRank
  • Conclusion : toward technical culture.