Machine learning in Governments: Benefits, Challenges and Future Directions

The unprecedented increase in computing power and data availability has signifi-cantly altered the way and the scope that organizations make decisions relying on technologies. There is a conspicuous trend that organizations are seeking the use of frontier technologies with the purpose of helping th...

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Main Author: Yulu Pi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Danube-University Krems 2021-08-01
Series:JeDEM - eJournal of eDemocracy & Open Government
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Online Access:https://jedem.org/index.php/jedem/article/view/625
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description The unprecedented increase in computing power and data availability has signifi-cantly altered the way and the scope that organizations make decisions relying on technologies. There is a conspicuous trend that organizations are seeking the use of frontier technologies with the purpose of helping the delivery of services and making day-to-day operational deci-sions. Machine learning (ML) is the fastest growing and at the same time, the most debated and controversial of these technologies. Although there is a great deal of research in the literature related to machine learning applications, most of them focus on the technical aspects or pri-vate sector use. The governmental machine learning applications suffer the lack of theoretical and empirical studies and unclear governance framework. This paper reviews the literature on the use of machine learning by government, aiming to identify the benefits and challenges of wider adoption of machine learning applications in the public sector and to propose the direc-tions for future research.
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spelling doaj.art-19f26d64e18a4c098c01e7fd265becad2022-12-22T03:49:12ZengDanube-University KremsJeDEM - eJournal of eDemocracy & Open Government2075-95172021-08-01131Machine learning in Governments: Benefits, Challenges and Future Directions Yulu Pi0University College Dublin The unprecedented increase in computing power and data availability has signifi-cantly altered the way and the scope that organizations make decisions relying on technologies. There is a conspicuous trend that organizations are seeking the use of frontier technologies with the purpose of helping the delivery of services and making day-to-day operational deci-sions. Machine learning (ML) is the fastest growing and at the same time, the most debated and controversial of these technologies. Although there is a great deal of research in the literature related to machine learning applications, most of them focus on the technical aspects or pri-vate sector use. The governmental machine learning applications suffer the lack of theoretical and empirical studies and unclear governance framework. This paper reviews the literature on the use of machine learning by government, aiming to identify the benefits and challenges of wider adoption of machine learning applications in the public sector and to propose the direc-tions for future research. https://jedem.org/index.php/jedem/article/view/625Machine learningartificial intelligencepublic sectorbenefitschallenges
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Machine learning in Governments: Benefits, Challenges and Future Directions
JeDEM - eJournal of eDemocracy & Open Government
Machine learning
artificial intelligence
public sector
benefits
challenges
title Machine learning in Governments: Benefits, Challenges and Future Directions
title_full Machine learning in Governments: Benefits, Challenges and Future Directions
title_fullStr Machine learning in Governments: Benefits, Challenges and Future Directions
title_full_unstemmed Machine learning in Governments: Benefits, Challenges and Future Directions
title_short Machine learning in Governments: Benefits, Challenges and Future Directions
title_sort machine learning in governments benefits challenges and future directions
topic Machine learning
artificial intelligence
public sector
benefits
challenges
url https://jedem.org/index.php/jedem/article/view/625
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