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The Ethics of Online Controlled Experiments (A/B Testing) 在线控制实验的伦理(A/B测试)

3区计算机科学

Minds and Machines Pub Date : 2023-09-22 DOI: 10.1007/s11023-023-09644-y

Andrea Polonioli, Riccardo Ghioni, Ciro Greco, Prathm Juneja, Jacopo Tagliabue, David Watson, Luciano Floridi

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