Long-Range Forecasting of Scientific-Technological Progress

Abstract

Classification of forecasts is known as first echelon--for 15-20 years ahead; second echelon--for the first decade of the 21st century; and third echelon--for approximately 100 years ahead. At the present time there is a necessity to speak of a fourth echelon of long-range forecasting for an even longer period of time--for several centuries, and perhaps even longer. The report deals with the questions: Is it necessary to be concerned with so long- range a forecast; and is it necessary in light of the tasks that stand before us in the contemporary situation.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 25, 1974
Accession Number
AD0787399

Entities

People

  • V. Siforov

Organizations

  • Air Force Systems Command

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Biological Sciences
  • Biology
  • Bionics
  • Chemistry
  • Computers
  • Construction
  • Delphi Method
  • Electron Microscopes
  • Electronics
  • Engineering
  • Foreign Languages
  • Materials
  • Physical Theories
  • Physics
  • Quantum Mechanics
  • Scientific Research

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science/Meteorology
  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Systems Analysis and Design