Distributed optimisation and algorithms form a vibrant field that addresses the challenge of coordinating multiple agents or nodes to collectively solve global optimisation problems. This domain ...

For better accountability, we should shift the focus from the design of these systems to their impact. Describing a decision-making system as an “algorithm” is often a way to deflect accountability ...

After reviewing initial results, we were dismayed that although vaccine coverage of communities achieved overall goals, our algorithm had not resulted in corresponding proportional vaccination of ...