Negligent Algorithmic Discrimination

On the Algorithmic Implementation of Stochastic Discrimination

ÐStochastic discrimination is a general methodology for constructing classifiers appropriate for pattern recognition. It is based on combining arbitrary numbers of very weak components, which are usually generated by some pseudorandom process, and it has the property that the very complex and accurate classifiers produced in this way retain the ability, characteristic of their weak component pi...

Characteristics of Negligent Operators

Was the obstetric care negligent?

Considerations of safety and risk are more complex in day-to-day care than they sometimes seem in theoretical debate. In the series "Moot Point", the Journal publishes cases closely based on actual fact in which fine points of judgement arise. The paper which follows relates to events which occurred in Great Britain in 1980, but the case to which they gave rise came to trial only in 1989. The a...

Negligent Class Loaders for Software Evolution

Modern software should be dynamically evolvable. The onward sweep of technology, introducing new features, and fixing immortal security holes, drive this evolution. Moreover, practical demands of on-the-fly changes of running applications eagerly encourage the evolution since the downtime of commercial software directly causes big losses. Enabling the evolution of software components is a major...

Why do we punish negligent behaviors?

Prior research suggests that negligent harms are punished because of the resulting negative outcomes. Under this account, negligent but completely harmless acts should not be punished. An alternative possibility is that negligence is punished as a way of modifying future thought and behavior. Across three studies we find support for this second proposal. Study 1 demonstrates that punishment is ...