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In \textit{S. MacLane} [CBRM colloque de topologie algébrique, Louvaine 1956, 55-80 (1957; Zbl 0084.26703)] an explicit, functorial chain construction, \(Q(A)\), is associated to any abelian group, \(A\), whose homology is that of the Eilenberg-Mac Lane spectrum of \(A\). The author generalizes MacLane's construction, essentially replacing \(Q(A)\) by the \(S\)-construction of \textit{F. Waldhausen} [Lect. Notes Math. 1126, 318-419 (1985; Zbl 0579.18006)], to obtain an explicit chain complex which computes the homology of the algebraic \(K\)-theory spectrum of an exact category. The author gives modifications to obtain a chain complex for the rational \(K\)-theory of an exact category of any commutative ring and a new model for the \(K\)-theory spectrum having an Atiyah-Hirzebruch spectral sequence starting with MacLane's \(Q\)-construction at \(E^1\). For the entire collection see [Zbl 0871.00037].