Evaluation metrics to gauge a technology forecasting
Metrics that can be used to analyze a technology forecasting methodology and the comprising methods is discussed in this document.
This document describes the evaluation metrics that will be used to assess the FORMAT methodology performance during and after the FORMAT project, from the perspective of the methodology builders (the FORMAT team that worked on WP3), the methodology users (e.g., the core team using the FORMAT methodology during the test cases) and the beneficiaries of the outcome (generally: the decision-maker who will benefit from the results of the forecast). The document will describe the way the evaluation metrics were conceived out of the discussions and literature sources.