Jay Wright Forrester, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jay Wright Forrester

American operations researcher

Date of Birth: 14-Jul-1918

Place of Birth: Anselmo, Nebraska, United States

Date of Death: 16-Nov-2016

Profession: engineer, computer scientist, university teacher

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Jay Wright Forrester (July 14, 1918 – November 16, 2016) was a pioneering American computer engineer and systems scientist.
He was a professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management.
Forrester is known as the founder of system dynamics, which deals with the simulation of interactions between objects in dynamic systems and is most often applied to research and consulting in organizations and other social systems.