*The purpose of issuing this abbreviated form Is to make the paper more suitable for wider distribution, since the method described in it should be of general interest in the broad field of operations research.LA LMN~c-r F11AvAkDI V SUMMARYThis 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.pE.D1NG PG pAz -

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