AN ANALYSIS OF PRIOR DELPHI APPLICATIONS AND SOME OBSERVATIONS ON ITS FUTURE APPLICABILITY

Since the inception of the Delphi method, it has experienced increased application. Despite its spreading utilization, very little is known about its past applications and its actual value. This article reports on the reslts of an international research project concerning the Delphi method. The research project focused primarily upon an analysis of the purposes for which the Delphi method has been used and its degree of successfulness, the extent of this use in various substantive fields, the future of the Delphi method, its relationship with other methodologies and the types of organizations financing Delphi studies. /GMRL/

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  Elsevier Publishing Company, Incorporated

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• Authors:
  • Brockhaus, W L
  • Mickelsen, J F
• Publication Date: 1977

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 103-110
• Serial:
  • Technological Forecasting and Social Change
  • Volume: 10
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Elsevier Science Publishing Company, Incorporated
  • ISSN: 0040-1625
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00401625

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Applications; Delphi method; Forecasting; Research
• Subject Areas: Highways; Research;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00165139
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 7 1978 12:00AM