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... techniques for 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 Calder , in his book ...
... techniques for 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 Calder , in his book ...
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... 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 possible futures : these ...
... 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 possible futures : these ...
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... techniques specifically for the specifica- tion and evaluation of goals have been developed , the best - known being the various techniques based on relevance trees and goal hierarchies . Relevance Trees Relevance trees are ...
... techniques specifically for the specifica- tion and evaluation of goals have been developed , the best - known being the various techniques based on relevance trees and goal hierarchies . Relevance Trees Relevance trees are ...
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