Epistemology, social technology, and expert judgement: Olaf Helmer's contribution to futures research

Futures

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 253-259

  Aligica, P D ^a   Herritt, R ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KNOWLEDGE; PREDICTION; RESEARCH;

EID: 64749093053     PISSN: 00163287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.futures.2008.11.010     Document Type: Article

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