Predicting the Future in Science, Economics, and Politics
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- Frank Whelon Wayman
- Paul R. Williamson
- Bruce Bueno de Mesquita
- Solomon Polachek
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Book Chapters
The following chapters of this book are listed in IDEAS- Frank Whelon Wayman, 2014. "Scientific prediction and the human condition," Chapters, in: Frank Whelon Wayman & Paul R. Williamson & Bruce Bueno de Mesquita & Solomon Polachek (ed.), Predicting the Future in Science, Economics, and Politics, chapter 1, pages 3-20, Edward Elgar Publishing.
- Paul R. Williamson, 2014. "Organizing diverse contributions to global forecasting," Chapters, in: Frank Whelon Wayman & Paul R. Williamson & Bruce Bueno de Mesquita & Solomon Polachek (ed.), Predicting the Future in Science, Economics, and Politics, chapter 2, pages 21-38, Edward Elgar Publishing.
- Edward O. Wilson, 2014. "Consilience: the role of human nature in the emergence of social artifacts," Chapters, in: Frank Whelon Wayman & Paul R. Williamson & Bruce Bueno de Mesquita & Solomon Polachek (ed.), Predicting the Future in Science, Economics, and Politics, chapter 3, pages 45-54, Edward Elgar Publishing.
- Richard D. Alexander, 2014. "Darwin’s challenges and the future of human society," Chapters, in: Frank Whelon Wayman & Paul R. Williamson & Bruce Bueno de Mesquita & Solomon Polachek (ed.), Predicting the Future in Science, Economics, and Politics, chapter 4, pages 55-108, Edward Elgar Publishing.
- J. Doyne Farmer & John Geanakoplos, 2014. "Properly discounting the future: using predictions in an uncertain world," Chapters, in: Frank Whelon Wayman & Paul R. Williamson & Bruce Bueno de Mesquita & Solomon Polachek (ed.), Predicting the Future in Science, Economics, and Politics, chapter 5, pages 114-125, Edward Elgar Publishing.
- Detlef F. Sprinz, 2014. "Long-term policy problems: definition, origins, and responses," Chapters, in: Frank Whelon Wayman & Paul R. Williamson & Bruce Bueno de Mesquita & Solomon Polachek (ed.), Predicting the Future in Science, Economics, and Politics, chapter 6, pages 126-143, Edward Elgar Publishing.
- Urs Luterbacher & Dominic Rohner & Ellen Wiegandt & Sébastien di Iorio, 2014. "Explaining and predicting future environmental scarcities and conflicts," Chapters, in: Frank Whelon Wayman & Paul R. Williamson & Bruce Bueno de Mesquita & Solomon Polachek (ed.), Predicting the Future in Science, Economics, and Politics, chapter 7, pages 144-190, Edward Elgar Publishing.
- Atsushi Tago & J. David Singer, 2014. "Forecasting nuclear weapons proliferation: a hazard model," Chapters, in: Frank Whelon Wayman & Paul R. Williamson & Bruce Bueno de Mesquita & Solomon Polachek (ed.), Predicting the Future in Science, Economics, and Politics, chapter 8, pages 194-212, Edward Elgar Publishing.
- Gerald Schneider, 2014. "Forecasting political developments with the help of financial markets," Chapters, in: Frank Whelon Wayman & Paul R. Williamson & Bruce Bueno de Mesquita & Solomon Polachek (ed.), Predicting the Future in Science, Economics, and Politics, chapter 9, pages 213-232, Edward Elgar Publishing.
- John Holland, 2014. "Glimpses of the future," Chapters, in: Frank Whelon Wayman & Paul R. Williamson & Bruce Bueno de Mesquita & Solomon Polachek (ed.), Predicting the Future in Science, Economics, and Politics, chapter 10, pages 245-260, Edward Elgar Publishing.
- Myron S. Karasik, 2014. "Forecasting the evolution of cultural collisions using annealing-nucleation models," Chapters, in: Frank Whelon Wayman & Paul R. Williamson & Bruce Bueno de Mesquita & Solomon Polachek (ed.), Predicting the Future in Science, Economics, and Politics, chapter 11, pages 261-298, Edward Elgar Publishing.
- David Wilkinson, 2014. "Power structure fluctuations in the “longue durée” of the world system: the shadow of the past upon the future," Chapters, in: Frank Whelon Wayman & Paul R. Williamson & Bruce Bueno de Mesquita & Solomon Polachek (ed.), Predicting the Future in Science, Economics, and Politics, chapter 12, pages 299-310, Edward Elgar Publishing.
- Frank Whelon Wayman, 2014. "From altruism to the future frequency of war: how consilient explanation differs from prediction," Chapters, in: Frank Whelon Wayman & Paul R. Williamson & Bruce Bueno de Mesquita & Solomon Polachek (ed.), Predicting the Future in Science, Economics, and Politics, chapter 13, pages 311-351, Edward Elgar Publishing.
- Paul R. Williamson, 2014. "System change and Richardson processes: application of social field theory," Chapters, in: Frank Whelon Wayman & Paul R. Williamson & Bruce Bueno de Mesquita & Solomon Polachek (ed.), Predicting the Future in Science, Economics, and Politics, chapter 14, pages 352-395, Edward Elgar Publishing.
- Paul R. Williamson, 2014. "Computational dynamic modelling of the global state space," Chapters, in: Frank Whelon Wayman & Paul R. Williamson & Bruce Bueno de Mesquita & Solomon Polachek (ed.), Predicting the Future in Science, Economics, and Politics, chapter 15, pages 396-424, Edward Elgar Publishing.
- Frank Whelon Wayman, 2014. "Scientific revolutions and the advancement of explanation and prediction," Chapters, in: Frank Whelon Wayman & Paul R. Williamson & Bruce Bueno de Mesquita & Solomon Polachek (ed.), Predicting the Future in Science, Economics, and Politics, chapter 16, pages 427-458, Edward Elgar Publishing.
- Solomon W. Polachek, 2014. "Innovations in forecasting the future that one can learn from: predicting the future in science, economics, and politics," Chapters, in: Frank Whelon Wayman & Paul R. Williamson & Bruce Bueno de Mesquita & Solomon Polachek (ed.), Predicting the Future in Science, Economics, and Politics, chapter 17, pages 459-473, Edward Elgar Publishing.
- Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, 2014. "Predicting the future to shape the future," Chapters, in: Frank Whelon Wayman & Paul R. Williamson & Bruce Bueno de Mesquita & Solomon Polachek (ed.), Predicting the Future in Science, Economics, and Politics, chapter 18, pages 474-492, Edward Elgar Publishing.
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Economics and Finance; Politics and Public Policy;JEL classification:
- C7 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory
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