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Publications


The CIB method is described in detail by:

CIB Guideline No. 1: Introduction to qualitative systems and scenario analysis using cross-impact balance analysis. >>

Weimer-Jehle W. (2006): Cross-Impact Balances: A System-Theoretical Approach to Cross-Impact Analysis. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 73:4, 334-361. >>

Weimer-Jehle W. (2008): Cross-Impact Balances - Applying pair interaction systems and multi-value Kauffman nets to multidisciplinary systems analysis. Physica A, 387:14, 3689-3700. >>

Weimer-Jehle W. (2009): Szenarienentwicklung mit der Cross-Impact-Bilanzanalyse (Generating Scenarios Using Cross-Impact Balance Analysis, in German). In: Gausemeier J. (Ed.): Vorausschau und Technologieplanung. HNI-Verlagsschriftenreihe Vol. 265, Paderborn, 435-454.

Weimer-Jehle W. (2009): Properties of Cross-Impact Balance Analysis. arXiv:0912.5352v1 [physics.soc-ph]. >>



CIB research projects are reported in:

Weimer-Jehle, W. (2001): Verfahrensbeschreibung Szenariokonstruktion im Projekt Szenarien eines liberalisierten Strommarktes [Scenario generation procedure in the project ‘Scenarios of a liberalized electricity market’, in German]. Center for Technology Assessment, Stuttgart, Germany.

Foerster, G. (2002): Szenarien einer liberalisierten Stromversorgung [Scenarios of a liberalized electricity market, in German]. Center for Technology Assessment, Stuttgart, Germany. >>

Foerster G. and Weimer-Jehle W. (2003): Szenarien einer liberalisierten Stromversorgung [Scenarios of a liberalized electricity market, in German]. Technikfolgenabschaetzung in Theorie und Praxis, 12:(1). >>

Foerster, G., Weimer-Jehle, W. (2004): Cross-Impact Methode [Cross-Impact Method, in German]. In: Energiemodelle zum Klimaschutz in liberalisierten Energiemaerkten - Die Rolle erneuerbarer Ener-gietraeger. Forum für Energiemodelle und energiewirtschaftliche Systemanalyse, eds., LIT-Verlag, Muenster, Germany.

Aretz, A., Weimer-Jehle, W. (2004): Cross Impact Methode [Cross-impact method, in German], in: Der Beitrag der deutschen Stromwirtschaft zum europaeischen Klimaschutz. Forum für Energiemodelle und energiewirtschaftliche Systemanalyse, eds., LIT-Verlag, Muenster, Germany.

Weimer-Jehle W. and Fuchs G. (2007): Generierung von Innovationsszenarien mit der Cross-Impact Methode [Generating innovation scenarios using the cross-impact method, in German], in: Innovation und moderne Energietechnik. Forum für Energiemodelle und energiewirtschaftliche Systemanalyse, eds., LIT-Verlag, Muenster, Germany.

Renn O., Deuschle J., Jaeger A., Weimer-Jehle W. (2007): Leitbild Nachhaltigkeit - Eine normativ-funktionale Konzeption und ihre Umsetzung [Model Sustainability - A normative-functional concept and its implementation, in German]. VS-Verlag, Wiesbaden, Germany. >>

Fuchs G., Fahl U., Pyka A., Staber U. Voegele S., Weimer-Jehle W. (2008): Generating Innovation Scenarios using the Cross-Impact Methodology. Department of Economics, University of Bremen, Discussion-Papers Series No. 007-2008. >>

Renn O., Deuschle J., Jaeger A., Weimer-Jehle W. (2009): A normative-functional concept of sustainability and its indicators. International Journal of Global Environmental Issues, 9:4, 291-317.

Weimer-Jehle W., Wassermann S., Fuchs G. (2010): Erstellung von Energie- und Innovations-Szenarien mit der Cross-Impact-Bilanzanalyse: Internationalisierung von Innovationsstrategien im Bereich der Kohlekraftwerkstechnologie [Generating Energy- and Innovation-Scenarios using Cross-Impact Balance Analysis - Internationalization of Innovation Strategies for Coal Power Plant Technology]. 11. Symposium Energieinnovation, TU Graz, 10.-12.02.2010. >>


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The archive offers a compilation of older CIB notes on projects and publications... More