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@inproceedings{khadarAICHAOS2ndWorkshop2026,
 author = {Malik Khadar and Julia Cecil and Leon Van Der Neut and Nikola Banovic and Kevin Baum and Stevie Chancellor and Enrico Costanza and Motahhare Eslami and Anna Maria Feit and Susanne Gaube and Ujwal Gadiraju and Harmanpreet Kaur},
 booktitle = {CHI EA '26: Proceedings of the Extended Abstracts of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. International Conference Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI EA-26), April 13-17, Barcelona, Spain},
 doi = {10.1145/3772363.3778736},
 isbn = {979-8-4007-2281-3},
 month = {4},
 number = {article 919},
 pages = {1-6},
 publisher = {ACM, New York, NY, USA},
 title = {AI CHAOS! 2nd Workshop on the Challenges for Human Oversight of AI Systems},
 url = {https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3772363.3778736},
 year = {2026}
}

@inbook{baumUtilitarismusUndDasProblem2026,
 author = {Kevin Baum},
 booktitle = {Handbuch Utilitarismus},
 editor = {Vuko Andrić and Bernward Gesang},
 pages = {163-176},
 publisher = {Springer-Verlag},
 title = {Utilitarismus und das Problem kollektiven Handelns},
 url = {https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-662-71326-6_16},
 year = {2026}
}

@article{meinelWhatAreAISystems2026,
 author = {Philip Meinel and Kevin Baum and Holger Hermanns and Emily Pöppelmann and Markus Langer and Anne Lauber-Ronsberg},
 doi = {10.1016/j.clsr.2026.106373},
 journal = {Computer Law & Security Review},
 number = {106373},
 pages = {1-12},
 publisher = {Elsevier},
 title = {What are AI systems? Rethinking the core definition in the EU AI Act},
 url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212473X26001148},
 volume = {62},
 year = {2026}
}

@article{araizaillanARoadmapForResponsible2025,
 author = {Dejanira Araiza-Illan and Kevin Baum and Helen Beebee and Raja Chatila and Sarah Moth-Lund Christensen and Simon Coghlan and Emily Collins and S.Kate Conroy and Alcino Cunha and Anna Dobrosovestnova and Hein Duijf and Vanessa Evers and Michael Fisher and Nico Hochgeschwender and Nadin Kökciyan and Séverin Lemaignan and Francisco Rodriguez-Lera and Sara Ljungblad and Martin Magnusson and Masoumeh Mansouri and Michael Milford and AJung Moon and Thomas M. Powers and Pericle Salvini and Teresa Scantamburlo and Nick Schuster and Marija Slavkovik and Ufuk Topcu and Daniel Vanegas and Andrzej Wasowski and Yi Yang},
 doi = {10.1109/MRA.2025.3620148},
 journal = {IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine},
 number = {4},
 pages = {12-24},
 publisher = {IEEE},
 title = {A Roadmap for Responsible Robotics: Promoting Human Agency and Collaborative Efforts},
 url = {https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/11236462/authors#authors},
 volume = {32},
 year = {2025}
}

@inproceedings{baumAggregationProblemsInMachine2025,
 author = {Kevin Baum and Marija Slavkovik},
 booktitle = {Proceedings of the AAAI/ACM Conference on AI, Ethics, and Society. AAAI/ACM Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Ethics, and Society (AIES-2025)},
 doi = {10.1609/aies.v8i1.36554},
 publisher = {AAAI/ACM},
 title = {Aggregation Problems in Machine Ethics and AI Alignment},
 url = {https://ojs.aaai.org/index.php/AIES/article/view/36554},
 year = {2025}
}

@inproceedings{baumDisentanglingAIAlignmentA2025,
 author = {Kevin Baum},
 booktitle = {AISoLA 2024. International Conference on Bridging the Gap between AI and Reality (AiSoLA-2024)},
 doi = {10.48550/arXiv.2506.06286},
 publisher = {Springer NAture Switzerland},
 title = {Disentangling AI Alignment: A Structured Taxonomy Beyond Safety and Ethics},
 url = {https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-032-01377-4_8},
 year = {2025}
}

@article{schlickerHowDoWeAssess2025,
 author = {Nadine Schlicker and Kevin Baum and Alarith Ude and Sarah Sterz and Martin C. Hirsch and Markus Langer},
 editor = {Matthieu J. Guitton},
 journal = {Computers in Human Behavior},
 pages = {1-19},
 publisher = {Elsevier},
 title = {How do we assess the trustworthiness of AI? Introducing the trustworthiness assessment model (TrAM)},
 url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0747563225001189},
 volume = {170},
 year = {2025}
}

@inproceedings{baumJustificationsForDemocratizingAI2025,
 author = {Kevin Baum and Andre Steingrüber},
 booktitle = {AISoLA 2025. International Conference on Bridging the Gap between AI and Reality (AiSoLA-2025)},
 publisher = {Springer Nature Switzerland},
 title = {Justifications for Democratizing AI Alignment and Their Prospects},
 url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.19548},
 year = {2025}
}

@inbook{baumLetsTalkAIWith2025,
 author = {Kevin Baum and Barbara Steffen},
 booktitle = {Let’s Talk AI: Interdisciplinarity Is a Must},
 editor = {Barbara Steffen and Edward A. Lee and Bernhard Steffen},
 pages = {104-112},
 publisher = {Springer Nature Switzerland},
 title = {Let’s Talk AI with philosophy and computer science expert Kevin Baum},
 url = {https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-032-09008-9_12},
 year = {2025}
}

@inproceedings{langerOnTheComplexitiesOf2025,
 author = {Markus Langer and Veronika Lazar and Kevin Baum},
 booktitle = {International Conference on Bridging the Gap between AI and Reality. International Conference on Bridging the Gap between AI and Reality (AiSoLA-2025)},
 pages = {160-169},
 publisher = {Springer Nature Switzerland},
 title = {On the Complexities of Testing for Compliance with Human Oversight Requirements in AI Regulation},
 url = {https://www.dfki.de/fileadmin/user_upload/import/16858_978-3-032-07132-3.pdf},
 year = {2025}
}

@inproceedings{kerstanResponsibleAndTrustedAI2025,
 author = {Sophia Kerstan and Kevin Baum and Thorsten Helfer and Markus Langer and Eva Schmidt and Andreas Sesing-Wagenpfeil and Timo Speith},
 booktitle = {International Conference on Bridging the Gap between AI and Reality. International Conference on Bridging the Gap between AI and Reality (AiSoLA-2025)},
 pages = {141-145},
 publisher = {Springer Nature Switzerland},
 title = {Responsible and Trusted AI: An Interdisciplinary Perspective (2025)},
 url = {https://www.dfki.de/fileadmin/user_upload/import/16856_978-3-032-07132-3.pdf},
 year = {2025}
}

@inproceedings{helferResponsibleAndTrustedAI2024,
 author = {Thorsten Helfer and Kevin Baum and Andreas Sesing-Wagenpfeil and Eva Schmidt and Markus Langer},
 booktitle = {Bridging the Gap Between AI and Reality - Second International Conference, Proceedings. International Conference on Bridging the Gap between AI and Reality (AiSoLA-2024), October 30 - November 3, Crete, Greece},
 doi = {10.1007/978-3-031-75434-0_3},
 edition = {1},
 editor = {Bernhard Steffen},
 isbn = {978-3-031-75433-3},
 month = {12},
 pages = {35-39},
 publisher = {Springer, Cham},
 series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science, LNCS},
 title = {Responsible and Trusted AI: An Interdisciplinary Perspective},
 volume = {15217},
 year = {2024}
}

@inproceedings{baumTransparentTransparencyDevelopingA2024,
 author = {Deborah Baum and Kevin Baum and Sasha Zamani and Christian Bennoit and Dirk Werth},
 booktitle = {Bridging the Gap Between AI and Reality - Second International Conference, Proceedings. International Conference on Bridging the Gap between AI and Reality (AiSoLA-2024), October 30 - November 3, Crete, Greece},
 doi = {10.1007/978-3-031-75434-0_5},
 edition = {1},
 editor = {Bernhard Steffen},
 isbn = {978-3-031-75433-3},
 month = {12},
 pages = {55-73},
 publisher = {Springer, Cham},
 series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science, LNCS},
 title = {Transparent Transparency Developing a Scheme for Understanding Transparency Requirements},
 volume = {15217},
 year = {2024}
}

@article{langerEffectiveHumanOversightOf2024,
 author = {Markus Langer and Kevin Baum and Nadine Schlicker},
 doi = {10.1007/s11023-024-09701-0},
 journal = {Minds and Machines - Journal for Artificial Intelligence, Philosophy and Cognitive Science},
 month = {11},
 number = {1},
 pages = {1-30},
 publisher = {Springer Nature},
 title = {Effective Human Oversight of AI-Based Systems: A Signal Detection Perspective on the Detection of Inaccurate and Unfair Outputs},
 volume = {35},
 year = {2024}
}

@inproceedings{baumTamingTheAIMonster2024,
 author = {Kevin Baum and Biewer Sebastian and Hermanns Holger and Hetmank Sven and Langer Markus and Lauber-Rönsberg Anne and Sterz Sarah},
 booktitle = {Model Checking Software - 30th International Symposium - Proceedings. International Symposium on Model Checking Software (SPIN-2024), April 8-9, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg},
 doi = {10.1007/978-3-031-66149-5_1},
 editor = {Thomas Neele and Anton Wijs},
 month = {10},
 pages = {3-25},
 publisher = {Springer Nature, Switzerland},
 series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science, LNCS},
 title = {Taming the AI Monster: Monitoring of Individual Fairness for Effective Human Oversight},
 volume = {14624},
 year = {2024}
}

@article{baumActingForTheRight2024,
 author = {Kevin Baum and Lisa Dargasz and Felix Jahn and Timo P. Gros and Verena Wolf},
 doi = {arXiv:2409.15014},
 journal = {ArXiv e-prints (arxiv)},
 month = {9},
 pages = {1-10},
 publisher = {arXiv},
 title = {Acting for the Right Reasons: Creating Reason-Sensitive Artificial Moral Agents},
 volume = {1},
 year = {2024}
}

@article{biewerSoftwareDopingAnalysisFor2024,
 author = {Sebastian Biewer and Kevin Baum and Sarah Sterz and Holger Hermanns and Sven Hetmank and Markus Langer and Anne Lauber-Rönsberg and Franz Lehr},
 doi = {10.1007/s10703-024-00445-2},
 journal = {Formal Methods in System Design},
 month = {4},
 pages = {1-50},
 publisher = {Springer},
 title = {Software doping analysis for human oversight},
 url = {https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10703-024-00445-2#Abs1},
 volume = {62},
 year = {2024}
}

@inproceedings{sterzOnTheQuestFor2024,
 author = {Sarah Sterz and Kevin Baum and Sebastian Biewer and Holger Hermanns and Anne Lauber-Rönsberg and Philip Meinel and Markus Langer},
 booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2024 ACM Conference on Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency. ACM Conference on Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency (ACM FAccT-2024), June 3-6, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil},
 doi = {10.1145/3630106.3659051},
 isbn = {979-8-4007-0450-5},
 pages = {2495-2507},
 publisher = {Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA},
 title = {On the Quest for Effectiveness in Human Oversight: Interdisciplinary Perspectives},
 url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.04059},
 year = {2024}
}

@article{baumFromFearToAction2023,
 author = {Kevin Baum and Joanna Bryson and Frank Dignum and Virginia Dignum and Marko Grobelnik and Holger Hoos and Morten Irgens and Paul Lukowicz and Catelijne Muller and Francesca Rossi and John Shawe-Taylor and Andreas Theodorou and Ricardo Vinuesa},
 doi = {10.3389/fcomp.2023.1210421},
 journal = {Frontiers in Computer Science},
 month = {5},
 pages = {0-0},
 publisher = {Frontiers Media},
 title = {From Fear to Action: AI Governance and Opportunities for All},
 url = {https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcomp.2023.1210421/full},
 volume = {5},
 year = {2023}
}

@inproceedings{baumNormativePerspectivesOnAnd2023,
 author = {Kevin Baum and Thorsten Helfer and Markus Langer and Eva Schmidt},
 booktitle = {AISoLA 2023. International Conference on Bridging the Gap between AI and Reality (AiSoLA-2023), Kreta},
 publisher = {Springer Nature},
 title = {Normative Perspectives on and Societal Implications of AI Systems},
 url = {https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-46002-9},
 year = {2023}
}

@inproceedings{baumXAIRequirementsInSmart2023,
 author = {Deborah Baum and Kevin Baum and Timo P. Gros and Verena Wolf},
 booktitle = {Explainable Artificial Intelligence, First World Conference, Proceedings, Part I. xAI: World Conference on Explainable Artificial Intelligence (xAI-2023), July 26-28, Lissabon, Portugal},
 doi = {10.1007/978-3-031-44064-9_1},
 editor = {Luca Longo},
 isbn = {978-3-031-44063-2},
 pages = {3-24},
 publisher = {Springer Nature Switzerland},
 series = {Communications in Computer and Information Science, CCIS},
 title = {XAI Requirements in Smart Production Processes: A Case Study},
 volume = {1901},
 year = {2023}
}

@article{baumEthicsForNerds2022,
 author = {Kevin Baum and Sarah Sterz},
 doi = {10.29173/irie484},
 journal = {The International Review of Information Ethics (IRIE)},
 month = {8},
 number = {1},
 pages = {1-9},
 publisher = {IRIE, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada},
 title = {Ethics for Nerds},
 url = {https://www.dfki.de/fileadmin/user_upload/import/16844_IRIE+31+Baum,+Sterz.pdf},
 volume = {31},
 year = {2022}
}

@article{baumFromResponsibilityToReasonGiving2022,
 author = {Kevin Baum and Susanne Mantel and Eva Schmidt and Timo Speith},
 doi = {10.1007/s13347-022-00510-w},
 journal = {Philosophy & Technology},
 month = {2},
 number = {12 (2022)},
 pages = {1-30},
 publisher = {Springer Nature, The Netherlands},
 title = {From Responsibility to Reason-Giving Explainable Artificial Intelligence},
 url = {https://www.dfki.de/fileadmin/user_upload/import/16845_s13347-022-00510-w.pdf},
 volume = {35},
 year = {2022}
}

@article{baumSpareMeTheDetails2021,
 author = {Kevin Baum and Markus Langer and Cornelius J. König and Viviane Hähne and Daniel Oster and Timo Speith},
 doi = {10.1111/ijsa.12325},
 journal = {International Journal of Selection and Assessment},
 month = {6},
 number = {2},
 pages = {154-169},
 publisher = {Wiley & Sons},
 title = {Spare me the details: How the type of information about automated interviews influences applicant reactions},
 url = {https://www.dfki.de/fileadmin/user_upload/import/16848_Int_J_Selection_Assessment_-_2021_-_Langer_-_Spare_me_the_details__How_the_type_of_information_about_automated_interviews.pdf},
 volume = {29},
 year = {2021}
}

@inproceedings{baumTowardsPerspicuityRequirements2021,
 author = {Kevin Baum and Sarah Sterz and Anne Lauber-Rönsberg and Holger Hermanns},
 booktitle = {2021 IEEE 29th International Requirements Engineering Conference Workshops (REW). IEEE International Requirements Engineering Conference (RE-2021)},
 doi = {10.1109/REW53955.2021.00029},
 pages = {159-163},
 publisher = {IEEE},
 title = {Towards Perspicuity Requirements},
 url = {https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9582408},
 year = {2021}
}

@article{baumWhatDoWeWant2021,
 author = {Kevin Baum and Markus Langer and Daniel Oster and Timo Speith and Holger Hermanns and Lena Kästner and Eva Schmidt and Andreas Sesing},
 doi = {10.1016/j.artint.2021.103473},
 journal = {Artificial Intelligence (AIJ)},
 pages = {1-24},
 publisher = {Elsevier, Artificial intelligence},
 title = {What do we want from Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI)? – A stakeholder perspective on XAI and a conceptual model guiding interdisciplinary XAI research},
 url = {https://www.dfki.de/fileadmin/user_upload/import/16847_1-s2.0-S0004370221000242-main.pdf},
 volume = {296},
 year = {2021}
}

@article{baumWhatToExpectFrom2021,
 author = {Kevin Baum and Nadine Schlicker and Markus Langer and Sonja K. Ötting and Cornelius J. König and Dieter Wallach},
 doi = {10.1016/j.chb.2021.106837},
 journal = {Computers in Human Behavior},
 pages = {1-57},
 publisher = {Pergamon},
 title = {What to expect from opening up ‘black boxes’? Comparing perceptions of justice between human and automated agents},
 url = {https://www.dfki.de/fileadmin/user_upload/import/16846_SchlicketEtAl_preprint.pdf},
 volume = {122},
 year = {2021}
}

@incollection{schilloHaveYouEverQuestioned2020,
 author = {Moritz Schillo and Kevin Baum},
 booktitle = {Folge um Folge. Multiple Perspektiven auf die Fernsehserie},
 editor = {Marco Agnetta and Markus Schleich},
 pages = {263-279},
 publisher = {Universitätsverlag Hildesheim},
 title = {"Have you ever questioned the nature of your reality?“ — Westworld aus der Perspektive der Philosophie},
 url = {https://www.dfki.de/fileadmin/user_upload/import/16861_Serienband_AgnettaSchleich.pdf},
 year = {2020}
}

@incollection{baumAlgorithmenUndDieGrenzen2020,
 author = {Kevin Baum and Tina Feldkamp and Sophie Elisabeth Henning and Nikolai Käfer},
 booktitle = {Kevin Baum; Tina Feldkamp;  Sophie Elisabeth Henning; Nikolai Käfer; Andreas Suchanek; Wolfgang Gründinger; Sarah J. Becker; André T. Nemat; Marcel Rebbert; Robert Ranisch; Lisa Schöttl; Manuel Kilian; Pauline Kuss; Philipp Hommelsheim; Simon Dümpelmann;: Unternehmensverantwortung im digitalen Wandel: Ein Debattenbeitrag zu Corporate Digital Responsibility},
 pages = {35-42},
 publisher = {Verlag Bertelsmann Stiftung},
 title = {Algorithmen und die Grenzen von Fairness},
 url = {https://www.dfki.de/fileadmin/user_upload/import/16853_UN_Verantwortung_im_digitalen_Wandel.pdf},
 year = {2020}
}

@inproceedings{baumExplainabilityAsANonFunctional2019,
 author = {Kevin Baum and Maximilian Köhl and Markus Langer and Daniel Oster and Timo Speith and Dimitri Bohlender},
 booktitle = {2019 IEEE 27th International Requirements Engineering Conference (RE). IEEE International Requirements Engineering Conference (RE-2019)},
 doi = {10.1109/RE.2019.00046},
 pages = {363-368},
 publisher = {IEEE},
 title = {Explainability as a Non-Functional Requirement},
 url = {https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8920711},
 year = {2019}
}

@inproceedings{baumInformatikunterrichtInDerGrundschuleErprobung2019,
 author = {Kevin Baum and Nadine Kirsch and Kerstin Reese and Pascal Schmidt and Lukas Wachter and Verena Wolf},
 booktitle = {18. GI-Fachtagung Informatik und Schule. Informatik für alle. GI-Fachtagung Informatik und Schule (INFOS-2019), September 16-18, Dortmund, Germany},
 editor = {Arno Pasternak},
 isbn = {978-3-88579-682-4},
 pages = {49-58},
 publisher = {Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V., Bonn},
 series = {Lecture Notes in Informatics, LNI},
 title = {Informatikunterricht in der Grundschule?-Erprobung und Auswertung eines Unterrichtsmoduls mit Calliope mini.},
 url = {https://www.dfki.de/fileadmin/user_upload/import/16855_b1.pdf},
 volume = {P-288},
 year = {2019}
}

@article{langerAlgorithmenBeiDerPersonalauswahl2018,
 author = {Markus Langer and Kevin Baum and Cornelius J. König},
 doi = {10.22028/D291-31272},
 journal = {Wirtschaftspsychologie aktuell},
 pages = {36-42},
 publisher = {Deutscher Psychologen Verlag GmbH, Bonn},
 title = {Algorithmen bei der Personalauswahl – eine kritische und hoffnungsvolle Betrachtung},
 url = {https://publikationen.sulb.uni-saarland.de/handle/20.500.11880/29303},
 volume = {25},
 year = {2018}
}

@incollection{langerDieUnNachvollziehbarkeitAlgorithmenbasierter2018,
 author = {Markus Langer and Kevin Baum and Cornelius J. König},
 booktitle = {Dr. Markus Langer;  Kevin Baum; Prof. Dr. Cornelius J. König;: Mensch und Gesellschaft im digitalen Wandel},
 doi = {10.22028/D291-31275},
 pages = {32-38},
 publisher = {Deutscher Psychologen Verlag, Berlin},
 title = {Die (Un-) Nachvollziehbarkeit algorithmenbasierter Entscheidungen: Implikationen und Empfehlungen für die Zukunft},
 url = {https://www.dfki.de/fileadmin/user_upload/import/16860_BDPBerichtChapter.pdf},
 year = {2018}
}

@inproceedings{baumFromMachineEthicsTo2018,
 author = {Kevin Baum and Holger Hermanns and Timo Speith},
 booktitle = {International Symposium on Artificial Intelligence and Mathematics (ISAIM). International Symposium on Artificial Intelligence and Mathematics, ISAIM 2018},
 publisher = {POWVER},
 title = {From Machine Ethics to Machine Explainability and Back},
 url = {https://www.dfki.de/fileadmin/user_upload/import/16849_ISAIM2018_Ethics_Baum_etal.pdf},
 year = {2018}
}

@inproceedings{baumTwoChallengesForCI2017,
 author = {Kevin Baum and Maximilian Köhl and Eva Schmidt},
 booktitle = {Proceedings of the 1st Workshop on Explainable Computational Intelligence (XCI 2017). Explainable Computational Intelligence Workshop (XCI-2017), located at INLG 2017, September 4, Santiago de Compostela, Spain},
 doi = {10.18653/v1/W17-3701},
 editor = {M. Pereira-Fariña and C. Reed},
 month = {9},
 publisher = {Association for Computational Linguistics},
 title = {Two Challenges for CI Trustworthiness and How to Address Them},
 url = {https://www.dfki.de/fileadmin/user_upload/import/16852_W17-3701.pdf},
 year = {2017}
}

@inproceedings{krekhovMorphableUIAHypergraphBasedApproach2016,
 author = {Andrey Krekhov and Jürgen Grüninger and Kevin Baum and David McCann and Jens Krüger},
 booktitle = {WSCG 2016. Short Papers Proceedings - 24th International Conference in Central Europe on Computer Graphics, Visualization and Computer Vision. International Conference on Computer Graphics, Visualization and Computer Vision (WSCG-2016), May 30 - June 3, Plzen, Czech Republic},
 editor = {Vaclav Skala},
 isbn = {978-80-86943-58-9},
 publisher = {Vaclav Skala - Union Agency, Brno},
 series = {Computer Science Research Notes, CSRN},
 title = {MorphableUI: A Hypergraph-Based Approach to Distributed Multimodal Interaction for Rapid Prototyping and Changing Environments},
 url = {https://www.dfki.de/fileadmin/user_upload/import/16857_Krekhov.pdf},
 volume = {2602},
 year = {2016}
}

@inproceedings{baumWhatTheHackIs2016,
 author = {Kevin Baum},
 booktitle = {International Symposium on Leveraging Applications of Formal Methods. International Symposium On Leveraging Applications of Formal Methods, Verification and Validation (ISoLA-2016)},
 pages = {633-647},
 publisher = {Springer International Publishing},
 title = {What the hack is wrong with software doping?},
 url = {https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-47169-3_49},
 year = {2016}
}