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Jay Wright Forrester was an American engineer, university teacher, and computer scientist born in Anselmo in 1918. He worked at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the MIT Sloan School of Management. Forrester was educated at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. His professional fields included system dynamics, computer science, systems theory, and cybernetics.
He received several awards, including the National Medal of Technology and Innovation, the IEEE Medal of Honor, the Howard N. Potts Medal, and the Harry H. Goode Memorial Award. Forrester was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the National Academy of Engineering. He is also recognized in the National Inventors Hall of Fame collection and the American Academy Arts Sciences collection.
Forrester authored nine works, including *System dynamics*, *The changing face of industry; the role of industrial dynamics*, and *Collected papers of Jay W. Forrester*. He died in Concord in 2016.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1918
- Died
- 2016
- Works
- 9
Top works
- Forrester
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- System dynamics
- The changing face of industry; the role of industrial dynamics
- Collected papers of Jay W. Forrester
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1918-07-14 ) July 14, 1918, Anselmo, Nebraska , U.S.
- Died
- November 16, 2016 (2016-11-16) (aged 98), Concord, Massachusetts , U.S.
- Education
- University of Nebraska ( BS ), Massachusetts Institute of Technology ( MS )
- Known for
- MIT Whirlwind Random-access memory Forrester effect
- Awards
- IEEE Medal of Honor (1972) Howard N. Potts Medal National Medal of Technology and Innovation (1989) Computer History Museum Fellow (1995)
- Institutions
- MIT Sloan School of Management (1956)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Anselmo
- Place of death
- Concord
- Occupation
- computer scientist
- Educated at
- University of Nebraska–Lincoln
- Employer
- MIT Sloan School of Management
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- cybernetics
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- date of birth
- 1918-07-14
- member of
- National Academy of Engineering
- date of death
- 2016-11-16
- ACM Classification Code (2012)
- 10011397
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- WikiProject Mathematics
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Article · 日本語
ジェイ・ライト・フォレスター（Jay Wright Forrester、1918年7月14日 - 2016年11月16日）はアメリカの計算機科学者、システム科学者。MITスローン経営大学院で教授を務めていた。力学系におけるオブジェクト間の相互作用のシミュレーション手法であるシステムダイナミクスの生みの親である。
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