Keywords: Dark matter (353); Dwarf galaxies (416); Galaxy abundances (574); Galaxy formation (595)

1. INTRODUCTION

2. MODELING DWARF GALAXY POPULATIONS

2.1. Cosmological Zoom-in Simulations

2.2. Galaxy–Halo Connection Model

2.3. Modeling Subhalo Populations Beyond CDM

2.4. Model Illustration

3. FORECASTING FRAMEWORK

3.1. Observational Assumptions

3.2. Likelihood

3.3. Posterior Sampling

4. GALAXY FORMATION FORECASTS

5. WARM DARK MATTER FORECASTS

6. SUBHALO MASS FUNCTION FORECASTS

7. FUTURE OUTLOOK

8. PROSPECTS FOR DETECTING “DARK” HALOS

9. SUMMARY