Historical futurology

Anticipating Requirements Changes-Using Futurology in Requirements Elicitation

It is well known that requirements changes in a later phase of software developments is a major source of software defects and costs. Thus, the need of techniques to control or reduce the amount of changes during software development projects. We advocate the use of foresight methods as a valuable input to requirements elicitation, with the potential to decrease the number of changes that would...

Commentary: Epidemiology and futurology--why did Rothman get it wrong?

Futurology of Iran health transformation plan: letter to the editor

The Namesake: Futures; futures studies; futurology; futuristic; foresight—What's in a name?

The termwe used to describe the study of alternative futures is important. Disciplines and discourses do not emerge from a vacuum but have a history and a cultural context; and their names can hide as much as they reveal. This paper examines such terms as ‘futurology’ and ‘foresight’, and argues that to emphasise plurality and diversity the study of the future is best served by the moniker ‘fut...

The Impact of Future World Events on Iranians’ Social Health: A Qualitative Futurology

BACKGROUND Social health is a dimension of health affected and interacts with other dimensions. Considering the rate of world changes, foresighting the influence of future events and possible trends on social health could bring about advantageous information for social policy makers. METHODS This is a qualitative study of futurology with cross impact analysis approach. After studying possible...