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The power of the bond between cause and effect: Jay Wright Forrester and the field of system dynamics

  1. David C. Lane*

Article first published online: 30 OCT 2007

DOI: 10.1002/sdr.370

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System Dynamics Review

System Dynamics Review

Special Issue: Exploring the Next Great Frontier: System Dynamics at 50 Guest Editor: John D. Sterman

Volume 23, Issue 2-3, pages 95–118, Summer - Autumn (Fall) 2007

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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. doi: 10.1002/sdr.370

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*Managerial Economics & Strategy and Operational Research, London School of Economics and Political Science, Houghton St, London WC2A 2AE, U.K.

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  1. Issue published online: 30 OCT 2007
  2. Article first published online: 30 OCT 2007
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Abstract

This article presents a treatment of Jay Wright Forrester's life and achievements. The concentration is on the intellectual provenance, emergence and growth of system dynamics. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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