Forecasting and Dialectics

Abstract

The article discusses the need for a systems approach to the problem of forecasting social developments. It attempts to break the problem of forecasting down into the component elements and to the theme to Marxist-Leninist philosophy. It draws conclusions concerning mandatory prerequisites for forecasting and sees systems methods as the key to the successful solution to the forecasting problem.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 19, 1971
Accession Number
AD0722285

Entities

People

  • Adolf Bauer
  • Wolfgang Eichhorn

Organizations

  • Air Force Systems Command

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Capitalism
  • Cognition
  • Delphi Method
  • Economic Forecasting
  • Foreign Technology
  • High Reliability
  • Hypotheses
  • Operations Research
  • Personality
  • Probability
  • Production
  • Reliability
  • Socialism
  • Stochastic Processes
  • Systems Approach
  • Thinking
  • Translations

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science/Meteorology
  • Political Science/ International Relations/ European Studies
  • Systems Analysis and Design