Footprints of the future: Timelines and exploratory forecasts in futures research

Journal of Futures Studies

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 13-34

  von Stackelberg, Peter ^a  

^a Futurist   (United States)

Author keywords

Change; Cycles; Discontinuity; Exploratory forecast; Future; Futures studies; Historical data; Logistics curves; Long range forecast; Past; Time series; Time oriented data; Timeline

Indexed keywords

EID: 69649087148     PISSN: 10276084     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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