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Record Nr.

UNINA9910220109303321

Autore

Lempert Robert J

Titolo

Shaping the next one hundred years : new methods for quantitative, long-term policy analysis and bibliography / / Robert J. Lempert, Steven W. Popper, Steven C. Bankes

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Santa Monica, CA, : RAND, 2003

ISBN

1-282-45141-3

9786612451416

0-8330-3485-5

Edizione

[186th ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (211 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

PopperSteven W. <1953->

BankesSteven C

Disciplina

320/.6/0113

Soggetti

System analysis

Decision making

Information technology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"MR-1626."

Nota di contenuto

COVER; PREFACE; CONTENTS; FIGURES; TABLES; SUMMARY; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; Chapter One - THE CHALLENGE OF LONG-TERM POLICY ANALYSIS; Chapter Two - A HISTORY OF THINKING ABOUT THE FUTURE; Chapter Three - ROBUST DECISIONMAKING; Chapter Four - A FRAMEWORK FOR SCENARIO GENERATION; Chapter Five - IMPLEMENTING ROBUST DECISIONMAKING; Chapter Six - POLICY-RELEVANT LONG-TERM POLICY ANALYSIS; Chapter Seven - CONCLUSION: MOVING PAST FAMILIAR SHORES; Appendix A - DESCRIPTION OF THE WONDERLAND SCENARIOGENERATOR; Appendix B - ASSESSING ROBUST STRATEGIES; BIBLIOGRAPHY

Sommario/riassunto

The checkered history of predicting the future-e.g., ""Man will never fly""-has dissuaded policymakers from considering the long-term effects of decisions.  New analytic methods, enabled by modern computers, transform our ability to reason about the future.  The authors here demonstrate a quantitative approach to long-term policy analysis (LTPA).  Robust methods enable decisionmakers to examine a



vast range of futures and design adaptive strategies to be robust across them.  Using sustainable development as an example, the authors discuss how these methods apply to LTPA and a wide range of dec