forecasting
process of making predictions of the future based on past and present data and most commonly by analysis of trends
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Summary
forecasting ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (609 views/month).[1]
Key Facts
- forecasting is a type of planning[2].
- forecasting is a type of prediction[3].
- forecasting's Commons category is recorded as Forecasting[4].
- forecasting's said to be the same as is recorded as planning[5].
- forecasting's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Prediction[6].
- forecasting's facet of is recorded as strategic planning[7].
- forecasting's facet of is recorded as social science[8].
- forecasting's partially coincident with is recorded as prediction[9].
- forecasting's has characteristic is recorded as predictability[10].
- forecasting's different from is recorded as prognostics[11].
- forecasting's different from is recorded as planning[12].
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Definition and Type
Recorded subclass of include planning[2] and prediction[3].
Why It Matters
forecasting ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (609 views/month).[1] forecasting has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] forecasting is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]