Jay Forrester (1918–2016) was an American computer engineer and systems scientist at MIT who invented system dynamics (a method for modeling complex systems over time) and magnetic core memory, and whose World Dynamics model influenced the Club of Rome report Limits to Growth.
Founded system dynamics; developed magnetic core memory; his models shaped global sustainability thinking.
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