Fairness in Socio-technical Systems: a Case Study of Wikipedia

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Main Authors:	Damadi, Mir Saeed, Davoust, Alan
Format:	Preprint
Published:	2023
Subjects:	Computers and Society K.4.2
Online Access:	Acceder al recurso
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