An Experimental Application of the DELPHI Method to the Use of Experts

Norman C. Dalkey, Olaf Helmer

Management Science · 1963 · 6K citations · 0 references

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Abstract

This paper gives an account of an experiment in the use of the so-called DELPHI method, which was devised in order to obtain the most reliable opinion consensus of a group of experts by subjecting them to a series of questionnaires in depth interspersed with controlled opinion feedback.