Abstract
The following quote was obtained by the news editors from the background informa tion supplied bythe inventors: “Machine learning algorithms can be used to make predictions and identify patterns. Thus,machine learning algorithms have appli cability in planning and public policy applications. Machine learningalgorithms can be “black box” algorithms that are not easily observable. These algorithms therefore arenot susceptible to conventional auditing techniques (e.g., reviewi ng the algorithm’s source code).