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A model simulator: The lives of Jay W Forrester

David C. LaneHenley Business School, Reading, UKCorrespondence[email protected]
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John D. StermanSloan School of Management, MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA
Pages 90-97 | Received 12 Sep 2017, Accepted 27 Oct 2017, Published online: 11 Dec 2017

Selected Publications

  • Forrester, J. W., & Everett, R. R. (1947). Information System of Interconnected Digital Computers. Memorandum L-2, Project Whirlwind, Servomechanisms Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge MA.
  • Forrester, J. W. (1951). Digital information storage in three dimensions using magnetic cores. Journal of Applied Physics, 22, 44–48.10.1063/1.1699817
  • Forrester, J. W. (1953, August 3–5). Coincident-current magnetic computer memory developments at M.I.T. In J. C. Chu (Ed.), Argonne National Laboratory Computer Symposium (pp. 150–158). Lemont, IL: Argonne National Laboratory.
  • Forrester, J. W. (1956). Dynamic Models of Economic Systems and Industrial Organizations (2003 republication of a ‘Note to the Faculty Research Seminar. November 5, 1956’ and MIT ‘D-memo’ zero). System Dynamics Review, 19, 331–345.
  • Forrester, J. W. (1958). Industrial dynamics: A major breakthrough for decision makers. Harvard Business Review, 36, 37–66.
  • Forrester, J. W. (1961). Industrial dynamics. Cambridge: MIT Press.
  • Forrester, J. W. (1968). Principles of systems. Cambridge: MIT Press.
  • Forrester, J. W. (1969). Urban dynamics. Cambridge: MIT Press.
  • Forrester, J. W. (1970). Counterintuitive behaviour of social systems. MIT D-memo D-4468-1.
  • Forrester, J. W. (1971). “The” model versus a modelling “process” (republished 1985). Dept. memo D1621-1, System Dynamics group, MIT, republished in System Dynamics Review, 1, 133–134.
  • Forrester, J. W. (1971). World dynamics. Cambridge, MA: Wright-Allen Press.
  • Forrester, J. W., Low, G. W., & Mass, N. J. (1974). The debate on world dynamics: A response to Nordhaus. Policy Sciences, 5, 169–190.10.1007/BF00148039
  • Forrester, J. W. (1975). Collected Papers of Jay W. Forrester. Cambridge, MA: Wright-Allen Press.
  • Forrester, J. W., Mass, N. J., & Ryan, C. J. (1976). The system dynamics national model: Understanding socio-economic behavior and policy alternatives. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 9, 51–68.10.1016/0040-1625(76)90044-5
  • Forrester, J. W. (1979). An alternative approach to economic policy: Macrobehavior from microstructure. In N. M. Kamrany and R. H. Day (Eds.), Economic issues of the eighties (pp. 80–108). Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins U. Press.
  • Forrester, J. W. (1987). Lessons from system dynamics modeling. System Dynamics Review, 3, 136–149.10.1002/(ISSN)1099-1727
  • Forrester, J. W. (1989). The system dynamics national model: Macrobehaviour from microstructure. In P. M. Milling & E. O. K. Zahn (Eds.), Computer-based management of complex systems (pp. 3–12). Berlin: Springer.10.1007/978-3-642-74946-9
  • Forrester, J. W. (1993). System dynamics as an organizing framework for pre-college education. System Dynamics Review, 9, 183–194.10.1002/(ISSN)1099-1727
  • Forrester, J. W. (1994). System dynamics, systems thinking, and soft OR. System Dynamics Review, 10, 245–256.10.1002/(ISSN)1099-1727
  • Forrester, J. W. (1998, March 24). Transcript of a video history interview with Jay W Forrester, interview by David Allison. Computerworld Honors Program International Archives. Retrieved from www.cwhonors.org/search/oral_history_archive/jay_forrester/FORRESter.pdf
  • Forrester, J. W. (2007). System dynamics – the next fifty years. System Dynamics Review, 23, 359–370.10.1002/(ISSN)1099-1727
  • Forrester, J. W. (2016). Learning through system dynamics as preparation for the 21st century. System Dynamics Review, 32, 187–203.10.1002/sdr.1571

Related Readings

  • Haffner, K. (2016, November 18). Jay W Forrester dies at 98; A pioneer in computer models. New York Times, p. A23.
  • Lane, D. C. (2006). IFORS’ operational research hall of fame Jay Wright Forrester. International Transactions in Operational Research, 13, 483–492.10.1111/itor.2006.13.issue-5
  • Lane, D. C. (2007). The power of the bond between cause and effect: Jay Wright Forrester and the field of system dynamics. System Dynamics Review, 23, 95–118.10.1002/(ISSN)1099-1727
  • Lane, D. C., & Sterman, J. D. (2011). Jay Wright Forrester. In A. A. Assad & S. I. Gass (Eds.), Profiles in operations research: Pioneers and innovators (pp. 363–386). New York, NY: Springer.10.1007/978-1-4419-6281-2

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