Descriptor in English: | Forecasting |
Descriptor in Spanish: | Predicción |
Descriptor in Portuguese: | Previsões |
Descriptor in French: | Prévision |
Entry term(s): |
Future Futurology Predictions and Projections Projections and Predictions |
Tree number(s): |
I01.320 SP4.127.413.669 SP8.946.819.874 |
Scope note: | The prediction or projection of the nature of future problems or existing conditions based upon the extrapolation or interpretation of existing scientific data or by the application of scientific methodology. |
Annotation: | IM general only; consider also as IM coord with specific subject /trends (IM) if future is particularly significant: Manual 19.8.76, 35.2.9 |
Allowable Qualifiers: |
MT methods |
Online Note: | use FORECASTING to search FUTUROLOGY 1971-79 |
History Note: | 80; was FUTUROLOGY 1971-79 |
See also the descriptors: |
Health Evaluation
DeCS |
DeCS UI: | 5678 |
Descriptor UI: | D005544 |
Date Established: | 1971/01/01 |
Date of Entry: | 1999/01/01 |
Revision Date: | 2015/06/25 |
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ANTHROPOLOGY, EDUCATION, SOCIOLOGY, AND SOCIAL PHENOMENA
Social Sciences [I01]Social Sciences -
PUBLIC HEALTH
Environmental Health [SP4]Environmental Health -
PUBLIC HEALTH
Disasters [SP8]Disasters
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Forecasting
- Preferred
Future
- Related but not broader or narrower
Futurology
- Broader
Concept UI |
M0008735 |
Scope note | The prediction or projection of the nature of future problems or existing conditions based upon the extrapolation or interpretation of existing scientific data or by the application of scientific methodology. |
Preferred term | Forecasting |
Entry term(s) |
Predictions and Projections Projections and Predictions |
Concept UI |
M0008736 |
Preferred term | Future |
Concept UI |
M0008737 |
Preferred term | Futurology |
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