TY - GEN N2 - This book is a collection of reflections by thought leaders at first-mover organizations in the exploding field of "Data Science for Social Good", meant as the application of knowledge from computer science, complex systems and computational social science to challenges such as humanitarian response, public health, sustainable development. The book provides both an overview of scientific approaches to social impact identifying a social need, targeting an intervention, measuring impact and the complementary perspective of funders and philanthropies that are pushing forward this new sector. This book will appeal to students and researchers in the rapidly growing field of data science for social impact, to data scientists at companies whose data could be used to generate more public value, and to decision makers at nonprofits, foundations, and agencies that are designing their own agenda around data DO - 10.1007/978-3-030-78985-5 DO - doi AB - This book is a collection of reflections by thought leaders at first-mover organizations in the exploding field of "Data Science for Social Good", meant as the application of knowledge from computer science, complex systems and computational social science to challenges such as humanitarian response, public health, sustainable development. The book provides both an overview of scientific approaches to social impact identifying a social need, targeting an intervention, measuring impact and the complementary perspective of funders and philanthropies that are pushing forward this new sector. This book will appeal to students and researchers in the rapidly growing field of data science for social impact, to data scientists at companies whose data could be used to generate more public value, and to decision makers at nonprofits, foundations, and agencies that are designing their own agenda around data T1 - Data science for social good :philanthropy and social impact in a complex / AU - Lapucci, Massimo, AU - Cattuto, Ciro, CN - HD30.23 ID - 1440350 KW - Decision making KW - Social service KW - Social service KW - Prise de décision KW - Service social KW - Service social SN - 9783030789855 SN - 3030789853 TI - Data science for social good :philanthropy and social impact in a complex / LK - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-3-030-78985-5 UR - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-3-030-78985-5 ER -