Field anomaly relaxation

Abstract This article describes a proven method for projecting scenarios descriptive of alternative, comparably plausible lines of evolution of the contextual pattern within a given social field such as a city or nation or the world. That method, field anomaly relaxation (FAR), took on its present form in 1971 and has been applied variously since then. The routine steps of the FAR method are summarily described, after which the arts needed in its use are laid out in greater detail, based on 20 years' experience at Patterns and Systems International (PSI).