Jay Forrester

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gptkbp:instanceOf Person
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology
gptkbp:awards gptkb:National_Medal_of_Technology_and_Innovation
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Annapolis,_Maryland
gptkbp:born July 14, 1918
gptkbp:children 3
gptkbp:contribution Development_of_System_Dynamics_as_a_field
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Cambridge,_Massachusetts
gptkbp:died November 16, 2016
gptkbp:education gptkb:Harvard_University
gptkb:MIT
gptkbp:field Computer Science
Engineering
Management
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Jay Forrester
gptkbp:influenced Systems Thinking
Simulation Modeling
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:W._Edwards_Deming
gptkb:Norbert_Wiener
gptkbp:knownFor System_Dynamics
Industrial_Dynamics
gptkbp:legacy Impact on education in systems thinking
Influence on policy and decision-making
Founder_of_the_System_Dynamics_Group
Pioneer_in_computer_simulation
gptkbp:notableAlumni Feedback Loops
Stock and Flow Diagrams
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:John_Sterman
gptkb:Peter_Senge
gptkb:Donella_Meadows
gptkb:Jay_Wright_Forrester
gptkbp:publishes gptkb:Industrial_Dynamics_(1961)
Principles of Systems (1968)
World_Dynamics_(1971)
System_Dynamics:_Systems_Thinking_and_Modeling_for_a_Complex_World_(2007)
gptkbp:researchAreas Sustainability
Control Theory
Operations Research
Urban Dynamics
Economic_Systems
Complex_Systems
Environmental_Systems
Social_Systems
Global_Systems
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Margaret_Forrester