Forecasting in international relations: One quest, three approaches

Conflict Management and Peace Science

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 5-14

  Schneider, Gerald ^a   Gleditsch, Nils Petter ^b   Carey, Sabine ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

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EID: 79952299562     PISSN: 07388942     EISSN: 15499219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0738894210388079     Document Type: Article

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