A Guide to Network Construction and Utilization.

Abstract

The FORECAST 90 contract effort was designed to test a concept originated by the Strategic Studies Institute (SSI) for linking long-range planning requirements to forecasting techniques. The heart of the approach lies in combining trend projection techniques and conflict analysis techniques into a networking system in order to make the risks and opportunities inherent in various decision alternatives visible to the decision-maker. This contract phase focused on two aspects of the overall FORECAST 90 effort: (1) methodological development of a system capable of producing and integrating a variety of plausible futures and displaying them in a form readily understandable and usable to Army planners, and (2) demonstration of the utility of that system by producing an initial set of futures, integrating them, and demonstrating a computer-based system for storing, retrieving, and monitoring the forecasting system.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1975
Accession Number
ADA115831

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  • Richard E. Hayes

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  • Energy and Power Technologies

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  • Cold War
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
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