Forecasting
Origin: Lat. praevisĭo, -ōnis
The process of producing forecasts, usually through systematic means, resulting in an estimate of what might happen in the future.
Spanish: Previsión
Sources and references
- Destatte, Philippe y Philippe Durance “Les mot-clés de la prospective territoriale”cited 56 times
- Jackson, Michael “Foresight Glossary”; http://www.shapingtomorrow.com/media-centre/pf-ch11.pdfcited 31 times
Term connections
+19 more connections not shown here. (see the lists below)
Mentioned by
- Black Swan
- Business model
- Chaos Analysis Use in Forecasting
- Chaos theory
- Complexity manager
- Correlation
- Cross impact analysis method
- Delphi method
- Disaggregation
- Exploratory forecasting
- Exponential smoothing
- Extrapolation, projection
- Foresight (future studies, futures thinking, anticipation)
- Foresight attitude
- Futurics
- Historic analogy
- Interactive scenarios
- Judgment heuristics
- Multiple linear regression
- Normative forecasting
- Normative methods
- Predictability
- Roadmap
- Scenario (story, narrative, outcome, path)
- Space technology
- Spaceship earth
- Technology assessment
- Technology sequence analysis (TSA)
- Trend impact analysis
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