Predictability in science and society : a joint symposium of the Royal Society and the British Academy held on 20 and 21 March 1986
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Predictability in science and society : a joint symposium of the Royal Society and the British Academy held on 20 and 21 March 1986
Royal Society and the British Academy : 1986
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"First published in Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, series A, volume 407 (no. 1832), pages 1-145"--Verso of t.p.
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Contents of Works
- Prediction and economic theory / A.K. Sen
- The role of prediction in evaluating econometric models / D.F. Hendry
- The recently recognized failure of predictability in Newtonian dynamics / Sir James Lighthill
- Numerical weather prediction / Sir John Mason
- Historical inevitability and human agency in Marxism / G.A. Cohen
- Application of control theory to macro-economic models / J.H. Westcott
- The interpretation and use of economic predictions / Terence Burns
- Predictability of living marine organisms / J.A. Gulland