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... forecasting the future . Jansch's report ( Technological Forecasting in Perspective , 1967 ) indentified about a hundred different techniques of forecasting many of them recently invented . Nigel ... Forecasting 888 A Exploratory Forecasting.
... forecasting the future . Jansch's report ( Technological Forecasting in Perspective , 1967 ) indentified about a hundred different techniques of forecasting many of them recently invented . Nigel ... Forecasting 888 A Exploratory Forecasting.
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... Exploratory forecasting techniques may be divided into three classes which indicate their use . ( Note : the italicized techniques may also be used in normative forecasting . ) ( a ) Techniques for improving intuitive forecasts of ...
... Exploratory forecasting techniques may be divided into three classes which indicate their use . ( Note : the italicized techniques may also be used in normative forecasting . ) ( a ) Techniques for improving intuitive forecasts of ...
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... exploratory forecast considers achievable in the time - scale envisaged . Many of the techniques used in exploratory forecasting are also suit- able for setting goals and identifying desirable futures . Of those de- scribed , ' Delphi ...
... exploratory forecast considers achievable in the time - scale envisaged . Many of the techniques used in exploratory forecasting are also suit- able for setting goals and identifying desirable futures . Of those de- scribed , ' Delphi ...
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