References - IFs

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Corresponding documentation
AIM-Hub BLUES C3IAM COFFEE-TEA DNE21+ GCAM GEM-E3 GRACE IFs IMACLIM IMAGE MESSAGE-GLOBIOM POLES PROMETHEUS REMIND-MAgPIE TIAM-UCL WITCH
Previous versions
Archive of IFs version 7.36
Model information
Model link	https://pardee.du.edu/access-ifs
Institution	Frederick S. Pardee Center for International Futures, University of Denver (Pardee Center), Colorado, USA, https://pardee.du.edu/.
Solution concept
Solution method	Dynamic recursive with annual time steps through 2100.
Anticipation	Myopic

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Dickson, Janet R., Barry B. Hughes, and Mohammod T. Irfan. 2010. Advancing Global Education. Vol. 2 of the Patterns of Potential Human Progress series. Boulder, CO, and New Delhi, India: Paradigm Publishers and Oxford University Press.

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Hughes, Barry B., ed. 2013a. "Development-Oriented Policies and Alternative Human Development Paths: Aggressive but Reasonable Interventions." Prepared by the Frederick S. Pardee Center for International Futures. UNDP Occasional Paper 2013/05. Human Development Report Office, United Nations Development Programme, New York, NY. http://hdr.undp.org/sites/default/files/hdro_1305_pardee.pdf.

Hughes, Barry B. 2016. “International Futures (IFs) and Integrated, Long-Term Forecasting of Global Transformations.” Futures 81(August): 98–118. DOI: 10.1016/j.futures.2015.07.007.

Hughes, Barry B. forthcoming 2019. Exploring and Understanding International Futures: Building a Global Modeling System. Amsterdam: Elsevier.

Hughes, Barry B., David Bohl, Mohammod Irfan, Eli Margolese-Malin, and José R. Solórzano. 2016. “ICT/Cyber Benefits and Costs: Reconciling Competing Perspectives on the Current and Future Balance.” Technological Forecasting and Social Change 115(February): 117–130. DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2016.09.027.

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Hughes, Barry B., Mohammod T. Irfan, Jonathan D. Moyer, Dale S. Rothman, and José R. Solórzano. 2011. "Forecasting the Impacts of Environmental Constraints on Human Development." Human Development Research Paper 2011/08. United Nations Development Programme, New York, NY. http://hdr.undp.org/sites/default/files/hdrp_2011_08.pdf.

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Hughes, Barry B., Devin K. Joshi, Jonathan D. Moyer, Timothy D. Sisk, and José R. Solórzano. 2014. Strengthening Governance Globally. Vol. 5 of the Patterns of Potential Human Progress series. Boulder, CO, and New Delhi, India: Paradigm Publishers and Oxford University Press.

Hughes, Barry B., Randall Kuhn, Cecilia M. Peterson, Dale S. Rothman, and José R. Solórzano. 2011a. Improving Global Health. Vol. 3 of the Patterns of Potential Human Progress series. Boulder, CO, and New Delhi, India: Paradigm Publishers and Oxford University Press.

Hughes, Barry B., Randall Kuhn, Cecilia M. Peterson, Dale S. Rothman, José R. Solórzano, Colin D. Mathers, and Janet R. Dickson. 2011b. "Projections of Global Health Outcomes from 2005 to 2060 Using the International Futures Integrated Forecasting Tool." Bulletin of the World Health Organization 89(7): 478–486. DOI: 10.2471/BLT.10.083766.

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Rothman, Dale S., Mohammod T. Irfan, Eli Margolese-Malin, Barry B. Hughes, and Jonathan D. Moyer. 2014. Building Global Infrastructure. Vol. 4 of the Patterns of Potential Human Progress series. Boulder, CO, and New Delhi, India: Paradigm Publishers and Oxford University Press.