Delphi software tutorial

14 June 2009 -Andreas Graefe developed a tutorial for the site's Delphi freeware in order to brief participants in an experiment. The tutorial is in the form of a PowerPoint show with a voiceover. We think the... Read more

International Symposium program schedule now available

12 June 2009 -The program schedule for the International Symposium on Forecasting, to be held in Hong Kong on 21-24 June, is now available from the conference web pages. Read more

Summer Issue of Foresight features complexity, free forecasts, combining, and collaboration

10 June 2009 -"Rethinking the Ways We Forecast" is the feature section in the upcoming Summer 2009 issue of FORESIGHT. David Orrell and Patrick McSharry explain why we’ve seen huge breakdowns in... Read more

Forecasting Checklist: Another way to check forecasting procedures

10 June 2009 -The top menu bar now includes a "Principles Checklist" tab. The checklist originates in the Principles of Forecasting handbook as the "Forecasting standards checklist". Clicking... Read more

New feature tells visitors about a different principle each day

08 June 2009 -We have instituted a new "Principle of the Day" feature to highlight a different one of the 140 evidence-based forecasting principles on the ForPrin.com site each day. The... Read more

Climate forecasting at the ISF in Hong Kong: A warm-up quiz

02 June 2009 -Is carbon dioxide a good causal variable for forecasting global temperature? Have there been alarms in the past similar to the current alarm over dangerous manmade global warming and, if so, what... Read more

International Journal of Forecasting website redesigned

01 June 2009 -Visitors to www.forecasters.org/ijf will notice a big change to the Interational Journal of Forecasting website. Now all published papers back to Volume 1 can be accessed from this site. There are... Read more

Johns Hopkins on-line forecasting course

21 May 2009 -An International Institute of Forecasters Certificate in Forecasting Practice course is being offered on-line by the Johns Hopkins University Applied Economics Program starting this Fall. See the... Read more

Call for submissions on "Forecast method and system performance" for IJF special issue

18 May 2009 -Conceptualizing, measuring, and testing forecast performance is at the heart of much forecasting research and applications. Celal Aksu and Wilpen Gore invite authors to submit papers on any facet of... Read more

ISF Hong Kong Speaker Schedule

16 May 2009 -The schedule of speakers at the International Symposium on Forecasting in Hong Kong includes leading figures in forecasting Professors Scott Armstrong, Robert Fildes, Rob Hyndman, James Taylor,... Read more

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