The International Institute for General Systems Studies (IIGSS) is an American non-profit scholastic

organization An organization or organisation (Commonwealth English; see spelling differences), is an entity—such as a company, an institution, or an association—comprising one or more people and having a particular purpose. The word is derived from ...

for the advancement of scientific studies and education in Systems science and Systemic research with applications in all branches of science and human affairs. The International Institute for General Systems Studies was established in 1994 and located in

Pennsylvania Pennsylvania (; ( Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, ...

, USA. The current president and director is

Jeffrey Yi-Lin Forrest Yi Lin (; born 1959), also known as Jeffrey Forrest and Jeffrey Yi-Lin Forrest, is a professor of mathematics, systems science, economics, and finance at Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education ( Slippery Rock campus) (SSHE) and at several ma ...

. In the advisory board of the institute several scientists from several countries participate or have participated such as

Gerrit Broekstra Gerrit Broekstra (born 1 August 1941, Alkmaar, Netherlands), is a Dutch scientist and professor in the field of organization behavior and systems sciences at the Erasmus Universiteit, Rotterdam, Northwestern University, Chicago, and Nyenrode Busin ...

(The Netherlands), Guisseppi A. Forgionne (USA),

George Klir George Jiří Klir (April 22, 1932 – May 27, 2016) was a Czech-American computer scientist and professor of systems sciences at Binghamton University in Binghamton, New York. Biography George Klir was born in 1932 in Prague, Czechoslovakia. ...

(USA),

Ganti Prasada Rao Ganti Prasada Rao (born 25 August 1942) is an Indian author, educator and researcher, well known in the field of systems and control in general, and as a pioneer in the applications of special orthogonal functions and Identification of Continuo ...

(India), Achim Sydow (Germany), Yasuhiko Takahara, (Japan), Xuemou Wu (China),

Wayne Wymore Albert Wayne Wymore (February 1, 1927 – February 24, 2011) was an American mathematician, systems engineer, Professor Emeritus of Systems and Industrial Engineering of the University of Arizona, and one of the founding fathers of systems engine ...

(USA), and

Gerard de Zeeuw Gerard de Zeeuw (born 11 March 1936) is a Dutch scientist and Emeritus professor Mathematical modelling of complex social systems at the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands. He is known for his work on the theory and practice of action rese ...

(England)

References

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External links

Website of the IIGSS
(not available as of 2016 May 4)
Website of ASSA
{{authority control Organizations established in 1994 Research institutes in Pennsylvania Systems science institutes