On the forecasting of the challenging world future scenarios

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

Volumn 78, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1445-1470

  Miranda, Luiz C M ^a   Lima, C A S ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Allee modified logistic model; Evolutionary growth processes; Food supply evolution; Logistic model forecasting; Primary energy forecasting; World GDP evolution; World population forecasting

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY GROWTH PROCESSES; MODIFIED LOGISTIC MODEL; PRIMARY ENERGIES; WORLD GDP EVOLUTION; WORLD POPULATION;

ECONOMICS; FOOD SUPPLY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION STATISTICS; TIME SERIES; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

FORECASTING;

ALLEE EFFECT; COMMODITY MARKET; FOOD SUPPLY; FORECASTING METHOD; FUTURE PROSPECT; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; LOGISTICS; MODEL TEST; PLANNING METHOD; POWER LAW; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

EID: 80053201707     PISSN: 00401625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2011.04.001     Document Type: Article

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