• Advertising Principles: Use this site if your problem involves predicting the effects of changes in advertising copy or in media expenditures.

• Applied Forecasting contains up-to-date news for researchers, practitioners and educators.

• Center for Futurism in Education, at the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel

• CIRET (Center for International Research on Economic Tendency Surveys), founded in 1953, is a forum for economists who conduct business or consumer surveys (plans, assessments and expectations of businesses and consumers) to analyze and forecast business trends.

• Certified Professional in Demand Forecasting (CPDF): A curriculum developed in collaboration with the IIF to enhance the professional development and promotion opportunities for practicing demand forecasters in supply chain organizations.

• Econometric Links of the Econometrics Journal: Aimed at econometricians, it contains some material relevant to forecasters.

• End-Use Forecasting Group at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory uses technology-based forecasts to analyze the cost effectiveness of government policies that prevent pollution. They develop forecasting methods and collect data for use by utilities and government decision makers.

• Federal Forecasters Consortium is a collaborative effort of forecasters from various federal agencies in the United States Government.

• Futures Research Methodology by the Millennium Project of the American Council for the United Nations University – Table of Contents – Ordering Information.

• GWU Research program on Forecasting: Describes the George Washington University program, and activities. Provides links to working papers by program members. Describes workshops.

• Institute for Forecasting Education offers customized, on-site courses in business forecasting and consulting services for software selection and forecast system development

• International Institute of Forecasters (IIF) publishes the International Journal of Forecasting, Foresight, and The Oracle, and runs an International Symposium on Forecasting each year in June or early July. The IIF provides a listing of forecasting experts who are available for consulting and it facilitates an online discussion group on forecasting. The IIF is a non-profit organization founded in 1981 with the goal of advancing and disseminating forecasting knowledge.

• Portal on Forecasting with Artificial Neural Networks collects and reviews information on tutorials, contacts, publications, etc., relevant to researchers & practitioners in neural network forecasting.

• RFE: Resources for Economists on the Internet is the primary website for economists. Only a small portion is devoted to forecasting.

• Sales Forecasting Benchmarking Forum conducts sales forecasting seminars, discussion forums, audits, and data analysis projects.

• Society for Judgment and Decision Making, composed primarily of academic researchers, produces many useful findings on judgmental forecasting.

• TIFAC (Technology Information, Forecasting, & Assessment Council) – technology assessment, forecasting studies, and market surveys.

• Time Series Analysis and Forecasting Techniques – Definitions, descriptions of techniques, software programs, and links.

• Wachowicz's Websites for Discerning Finance Students has a page linking "tools for financial analysis and planning."

• World Future Society: Examines long-term forecasts and their implications. WFS members specialize in knowledge about topic areas (e.g., resources, crime, environmental concerns, health) rather than methodology.

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