Computational Sustainability and Artificial Intelligence in the Developing World

@article{Quinn2014ComputationalSA,
  title={Computational Sustainability and Artificial Intelligence in the Developing World},
  author={John A. Quinn and Vanessa Fr{\'i}as-Mart{\'i}nez and Lakshminarayanan Subramanian},
  journal={AI Mag.},
  year={2014},
  volume={35},
  pages={36-47}
}
The developing regions of the world contain most of the human population and the planet's natural resources, and hence are particularly important to the study of sustainability. Despite some difficult problems in such places, a period of enormous technology-driven change has created new opportunities to address poor management of resources and improve human well-being. 
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