Jay Wright Forrester

Why Is Jay Wright Forrester Influential?

According to Wikipedia, Jay Wright Forrester was a pioneering American computer engineer and systems scientist. He is credited with being one of the inventors of magnetic core memory, the predominant form of random-access computer memory during the most explosive years of digital computer development . It was part of a family of related technologies which bridged the gap between vacuum tubes and semiconductors by exploiting the magnetic properties of materials to perform switching and amplification.

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Jay Wright Forrester's Published Works

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Published Papers

Industrial Dynamics (1997) (3806)
World dynamics (1973) (1769)
Urban Dynamics (1969) (1757)
Industrial Dynamics: A Major Breakthrough for Decision Makers (2012) (1344)
Principles Of Systems (1968) (1219)
System dynamics, systems thinking, and soft OR (1994) (954)
Counterintuitive behavior of social systems (1971) (943)
Policies, decisions and information sources for modeling☆ (1992) (389)
System Dynamics and the Lessons of 35 Years (1993) (358)
Modeling For Learning Organizations (1994) (334)
Industrial Dynamics---After the First Decade (1968) (311)
Lessons from system dynamics modeling (1987) (249)
System dynamics—the next fifty years (2007) (246)
System dynamics—a personal view of the first fifty years (2007) (234)
Information Sources for Modeling the National Economy (1980) (220)
The Beginning of System Dynamics (1995) (219)
“The” model versus a modeling “process” (1985) (155)
D-4079-1 1 Market Growth as Influenced by Capital Investment ∗ (1999) (117)
Invited Review and Reappraisal Industrial Dynamics. (1997) (113)
Industrial Dynamics---A Response to Ansoff and Slevin (1968) (110)
Dynamic models of economic systems and industrial organizations (2003) (101)
The system dynamics national model: Understanding socio-economic behavior and policy alternatives (1976) (100)
Not only the tragedy of the commons : misperceptions of feedback and policies for sustainable development (2001) (88)
Learning through System Dynamics as Preparation for the 21st Century (2016) (87)
Nonlinearity in high-order models of social systems (1987) (86)
Digital Information Storage in Three Dimensions Using Magnetic Cores (1951) (84)
Business structure, economic cycles, and national policy (1976) (73)
Innovation and the economic long wave (1980) (56)
Systems analysis as a tool for urban planning (1970) (55)
Some Basic Concepts in System Dynamics (2009) (53)
Innovation and economic change (1981) (53)
System Dynamics and Learner-Centered-Learning in Kindergarten through 12th Grade Education (1992) (53)
System Dynamics and K-12 Teachers (1997) (51)
Principles of systems : text and workbook, chapters 1 through 10 (1968) (49)
Economic Theory for the New Millennium (2003) (48)
System dynamics as an organizing framework for pre-college education (1993) (42)
Road maps: A guide to learning system dynamics (1996) (39)
The debate on World Dynamics: A response to Nordhaus (1974) (39)
Common foundations underlying engineering and management (1964) (37)
The System Dynamics National Model: Macrobehavior from Microstructure (1989) (36)
14 “obvious truths” (1987) (24)
Economic theory for the new millennium (2003) (2013) (20)
Global modelling revisited (1982) (16)
CHURCHES AT THE TRANSITION BETWEEN GROWTH AND WORLD EQUILIBRIUM (1972) (16)
How the System Dynamics Society came to be: a collective memoir (2007) (16)
An Introduction to Feedback (1997) (14)
A National Model for Understanding Social and Economic Change (1975) (13)
Designing the Future (1999) (11)
The Greatest Challenge (1977) (9)
A New View of Business Cycle Dynamic* (1976) (9)
Dynamics of Socio-Economic Systems (1975) (8)
From the Ranch to System Dynamics (2018) (8)
Engineering education and practice in 2000 (1969) (6)
System Dynamics: The Classroom Experience Quotations from K-12 Teachers (2009) (6)
Information Sources for Modeling the National Economy: Rejoinder (1980) (5)
The Structure Underlying Management Processes. (1964) (5)
Using systems engineering to address socio-technical global challenges (2008) (4)
Moving into the 21st Century: Dilemmas and Strategies for American Higher Education. (1976) (4)
A New Corporate Design (1965) (2000) (4)
Growth cycles (1977) (4)
Social Structure and Motivation for Reducing Research Costs (1966) (3)
A National Model for Understanding Social and Economic Change (1975) (3)
Engineering Education and Practice in The Year 2000. (1970) (3)
Economics, technology, and the environment (1988) (3)
Forecast for Military Systems Using Electronic Digital Computers (1948) (3)
Reliability of Components (1983) (2)
Digital computers: present and future trends (1951) (2)
On Component Based Modeling Approach using System Dynamics for The Financial System (With a Case Study of Keen-Minsky Model) (2013) (1)
Guided Study Program in System Dynamics System Dynamics in Education Project System Dynamics Group MIT Sloan School of Management 1 (1998) (1)
Flexible , organic and biodegradable-a new wave of electronics (1)
Storage Tubes, Phone Discussion with Dr. Rajchman, R.C.A. (1946) (1)
Storage Tube Program, Project Whirlwind (1947) (1)
System Dynamics in Action : Population Health Policy (2018) (1)
Bi-weekly Reports (1948) (1)
Understanding Social and Economic Change in the United States (1977) (1)
The Whirlwind computer project (1990) (1)
Bi-weekly Report, Part I, November 26, 1948 (1948) (0)
Comparison Between the Computer Programs at the Institute for Advanced Study and the M.I.T. Servomechanisms Laboratory (1948) (0)
Circuits for Marginal Checking (1947) (0)
High-Speed Electronic Computing Devices (1950) (0)
Request for Funds for Contract N5ori-60 for the Period, July 1, 1950 through June 30, 1951 (1950) (0)
Bi-weekly Report, April 28, 1950 (1950) (0)
Bi-weekly Report, October 28, 1949 (1949) (0)
System Dynamics (2020) (0)
New frontiers (1958) (0)
Lincoln Laboratory salary structure (1955) (0)
Bi-weekly Report, Part I, September 3, 1948 (1948) (0)
Bi-weekly Report, Part I, March 5, 1948 (1948) (0)
Bi-weekly Report, Part I, June 25, 1948 (1948) (0)
Bi-weekly Report, December 23, 1949 (1949) (0)
Bi-weekly Report, Part I, April 16, 1948 (1948) (0)
Bi-weekly Report, Part II, November 12, 1948 (1948) (0)
Letters to the editor. (1972) (0)
Bi-weekly Report, Part Two, February 4, 1949 (1949) (0)
Bi-weekly Report, Part I, January 21, 1949 (1948) (0)
Bi-weekly Report, January 20, 1950 (1950) (0)
Bi-weekly Report, March 31, 1950 (1950) (0)
Education for the 21st Century (2019) (0)
Bi-weekly Report, Part I, August 20, 1948 (1948) (0)
Bi-weekly Report, Part II, October 1, 1948 (1948) (0)
Bi-weekly Report, May 26, 1950 (1950) (0)
World Modeling (1972) (0)
Bi-weekly Report, Project 6782, July 21, 1950 (1950) (0)
Bi-weekly Report, Part II (1948) (0)
Bi-weekly Report, Part II, August 6, 1948 (1948) (0)
AN/FSQ-7 (XD-1) prototype schedule and installation (1954) (0)
Bi-weekly Report, November 10, 1949 (1949) (0)
Condensed summary of FY54 (1952) (0)
Bi-weekly Report, Part II, January 23, 1948 (1948) (0)
Abstract: Decisions and progress relevant to the proposed Memory Test Computer (MTC) are summarized for dis tribution to those interested, and to trace devel opment of the computer. (1952) (0)
FY54 Budget Proposal for Division VI (1952) (0)
Bi-weekly Report, July 22, 1949 (1949) (0)
Bi-weekly Report, Project 6345, December 22, 1950 (1950) (0)
Proposed responsibilities for tasks in Memorandum 6M-3416 (1955) (0)
Planning, Scheduling and Administering the AN/FSQ-7 Program: MIT-IBM Communication (Supplement to M-2300) (1953) (0)
Bomarc meeting with AFCRC, WADC, and Boeing (1953) (0)
Bi-weekly Report, Part I, December 26, 1948 (1948) (0)
Planning, Scheduling and Administering the AN/FSQ-7 Program: Approval of Block Outlines and Block Schematics for AN/FSQ-7 (Supplement to M-2300) (1953) (0)
Planning, Scheduling and Administering the AN/FSQ-7 Program: Scheduling Office (Supplement to M-2300) (1953) (0)
Chapter 2. System Dynamics (2020) (0)
Specifications for the central computer system for the AN/FSQ-7 (1955) (0)
D-4731 1 Second-Order Systems Prepared for the MIT System Dynamics in Education Project Under the Supervision of Dr (1998) (0)
FUND ESTABLISHED To support preparation for distribution of materials for using system dynamics in K through 12 education (0)
Bi-weekly Report, November 25, 1949 (1949) (0)
Bi-weekly Report, Project 6782, September 15, 1950 (1950) (0)
Bi-weekly Report, June 9, 1950 (1950) (0)
Computer Simulation Models and Hierarchically Organized Systems in Theory and Practice (1973) (0)
Design and Tests of Electronic Circuits for Operating Safety Margins (1953) (0)
Visit to University of Illinois and Engineering Research Associates (1951) (0)
Bi-weekly Report, Part II, December 15, 1947 (1947) (0)
A proposal for accomplishing the SAGE System computer programming tasks outlined in memorandum 6M-3416 (1955) (0)
Planning, Scheduling and Administering the AN/FSQ-7 Program: Progress Reports to the Scheduling Office (Supplement to M-2300) (1953) (0)
Limited Memorandum L-65 (1952) (0)
Bi-weekly Report, Project 6782, February 2, 1951 (1951) (0)
Bi-weekly Report, Part II, June 11, 1948 (1948) (0)
Bi-weekly Report, Part II, Febraury 20, 1948 (1948) (0)
Bi-weekly Report, Project 6345, January 19, 1951 (1951) (0)
Boundary Conditions for Whirlwind II Design (1952) (0)
Change In Laboratory Name (1951) (0)
Digital Computers-Present and Future Trends (2010) (0)
Bi-weekly Report, Project 6782, November 24, 1950 (1950) (0)
Analysis of Whirlwind Program (1949) (0)
Bi-weekly Report, Part I, February 20, 1948 (1948) (0)
Bi-weekly Report, Part I, May 14, 1948 (1948) (0)
Alternative Project Whirlwind Proposals (1948) (0)
Bi-weekly Report, Part II, May 28, 1948 (1948) (0)
Bi-weekly Report, Project 6782, January 5, 1951 (1951) (0)
Bi-weekly Report, Part II, April 2, 1948 (1948) (0)
Planning, Scheduling and Administering the AN/FSQ-7 Program: Approval of Schedule Changes (Supplement to M-2300) (1953) (0)
Planning, Scheduling and Administering the AN/FSQ-7 Program: Approval of Basic Circuits for AN/FSQ-7 (Supplement to M-2300) (1953) (0)
Bi-weekly Report, Part I, July 23, 1948 (1948) (0)
Bi-weekly Report, Project 6345, November 10, 1950 (1950) (0)
Bi-weekly Report, May 12, 1950 (1950) (0)
Bi-weekly Report, Part II, March 18, 1949 (1949) (0)
Bi-weekly Report, Project 6345, August 18, 1950 (1950) (0)
Comments on the Report of the AD HOC Panel on Electronic Digital Computers of the RDB Committee on Basic Physical Sciences (1950) (0)
Bi-weekly Report, Project 6345, February 2, 1951 (1951) (0)
Digital Computation for Anti-Submarine Problem (1947) (0)
Five Theories in Search of an Urban Crisis@@@Redoing America@@@Neighborhood Government: The Local Foundations of Political Life@@@Toward A National Urban Policy@@@Federal Decision-Making and Impact in Urban Areas: A Study of Oakland@@@Urban Dynamics@@@The Unheavenly City: The Nature and the Future o (1972) (0)
Visit to Remington Rand (1953) (0)
Analysis of Digital Computer Laboratory Proposed 1950-51 Budget (1950) (0)
Bi-weekly Report, Project 6782, August 18, 1950 (1950) (0)
Problems of storage and cost (1952) (0)
Air Force Cancellation of Boeing Subcontract to Westinghouse (1953) (0)
Planning, Scheduling and Administering the AN/FSQ-7 Program: Transfer of Responsibility from MIT to IBM (Supplement to M-2300) (1953) (0)
Limits to Growth Revisited (1975) (0)
Statement of Status of Project Whirlwind Prepared for the Research and Development Board (1950) (0)
Conference summary (1955) (0)
Visitors to Project Whirlwind (1948) (0)
Bi-weekly Report, September 30, 1949 (1949) (0)
Bi-weekly Report, Project 6751, November 10, 1950 (1950) (0)
Distribution of Internal Memorandums (1949) (0)
Bi-weekly Report, August 5, 1949 (1949) (0)
Division VI Organization List (1952) (0)
Dynamics of Commodity Production Cycles.@@@Dynamics of Growth in a Finite World.@@@Introduction to Urban Dynamics.@@@Readings in Urban Dynamics: Volume 1.@@@Readings in Urban Dynamics: Volume 2.@@@Towards Global Equilibrium.@@@Urban Dynamics.@@@World Dynamics. (1997) (0)
Bi-weekly Report, Project 6782, October 13, 1950 (1950) (0)
Planning, Scheduling and Administering the AN/FSQ-7 Program (With Broad Principles of MIT-IBM Relationships and Some Detail on Division 6 Procedures.) (1953) (0)
Going beyond Emotion (1972) (0)
Bi-weekly Report, Part I, October 29, 1948 (1948) (0)
Bi-weekly Report, May 27, 1949 (1949) (0)
Bi-weekly Report, June 24, 1949 (1949) (0)
A breakdown of visits to Project Whirlwind by educational institutions, industries, and government departments from 1 July 1952 to 30 June 1953 (1953) (0)
6345 Cost Analysis (1948) (0)
Organization and tasks of Division 6 (1954) (0)
Bi-weekly Report, Part II, July 9, 1948 (1948) (0)
Bi-weekly Report, Project 6782, December 22, 1950 (1950) (0)
Bi-weekly Report, Part II, May 13, 1949 (1949) (0)
Bi-weekly Report, July 7, 1950 (1950) (0)
Academic Program in the Field of Automatic Computation and Numerical Analysis (1950) (0)
Cost Trends, Contract N5ori-60 (1948) (0)
Bi-weekly Report, October 14, 1949 (1949) (0)