Superexponential long-term trends in information technology

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

Volumn 78, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1356-1364

  Nagy, Béla ^a   Farmer, J Doyne ^a   Trancik, Jessika E ^a,b   Gonzales, John Paul ^a  

^a SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Functional performance metrics; Information technology; Singularity; Technological progress

Indexed keywords

DATA SETS; FUNCTIONAL PERFORMANCE; HISTORICAL TRENDS; INFORMATION TRANSFORMATIONS; LONG TIME SERIES; LONG-TERM TREND; MOORE'S LAW; SINGULARITY; TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS;

TIME SERIES;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SUSTAINABILITY; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TREND ANALYSIS;

EID: 80053177312     PISSN: 00401625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2011.07.006     Document Type: Article

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