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The Stability Bias of Algorithms

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In our review of human cognitive biases, stability biases featured prominently. It turns out that humans are not alone: algorithms also often exhibit stability biases. In this chapter, we will review the most important ones and explore what kind of context attributes promote them.

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Baer, T. (2019). The Stability Bias of Algorithms. In: Understand, Manage, and Prevent Algorithmic Bias. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-4885-0_9

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