Jifa Gu
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Jifa Gu is a Chinese systems scientist, and Professor of Operations Research
and Systems Engineering
at the Institute of Systems Science, Academy of Mathematics and System Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences
.
majoring Computational mathematics
, and got his Ph. D in USSR Academy of Sciences majoring Operations Research
. He had been Professor in Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology for four years. He is currently Professor of Operations Research and Systems Engineering at the Institute of Systems Science, Academy of Mathematics and System Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences
. Part time Professor of Management school of Graduate School, Chinese Academy of Sciences, part time professor of Management School of Dalian University of Technology
.
Gu is honorary editor of the journal Systems Research and Behavioral Science
. He had been the President of Systems Engineering Society of China, President of International Federation for Systems Research
.
Articles:
About his work:
Operations research
Operations research is an interdisciplinary mathematical science that focuses on the effective use of technology by organizations...
and Systems Engineering
Systems engineering
Systems engineering is an interdisciplinary field of engineering that focuses on how complex engineering projects should be designed and managed over the life cycle of the project. Issues such as logistics, the coordination of different teams, and automatic control of machinery become more...
at the Institute of Systems Science, Academy of Mathematics and System Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Chinese Academy of Sciences
The Chinese Academy of Sciences , formerly known as Academia Sinica, is the national academy for the natural sciences of the People's Republic of China. It is an institution of the State Council of China. It is headquartered in Beijing, with institutes all over the People's Republic of China...
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Biography
Gu graduated in Peking UniversityPeking University
Peking University , colloquially known in Chinese as Beida , is a major research university located in Beijing, China, and a member of the C9 League. It is the first established modern national university of China. It was founded as Imperial University of Peking in 1898 as a replacement of the...
majoring Computational mathematics
Computational mathematics
Computational mathematics involves mathematical research in areas of science where computing plays a central and essential role, emphasizing algorithms, numerical methods, and symbolic methods. Computation in the research is prominent. Computational mathematics emerged as a distinct part of applied...
, and got his Ph. D in USSR Academy of Sciences majoring Operations Research
Operations research
Operations research is an interdisciplinary mathematical science that focuses on the effective use of technology by organizations...
. He had been Professor in Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology for four years. He is currently Professor of Operations Research and Systems Engineering at the Institute of Systems Science, Academy of Mathematics and System Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Chinese Academy of Sciences
The Chinese Academy of Sciences , formerly known as Academia Sinica, is the national academy for the natural sciences of the People's Republic of China. It is an institution of the State Council of China. It is headquartered in Beijing, with institutes all over the People's Republic of China...
. Part time Professor of Management school of Graduate School, Chinese Academy of Sciences, part time professor of Management School of Dalian University of Technology
Dalian University of Technology
Dalian University of Technology , colloquially known in Chinese as Dagong , is located in Dalian, Liaoning, People's Republic of China and directly administered by the state Ministry of Education.-Introduction:...
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Gu is honorary editor of the journal Systems Research and Behavioral Science
Systems Research and Behavioral Science
Systems Research and Behavioral Science is an international scientific journal for theory and research in the fields of systems sciences....
. He had been the President of Systems Engineering Society of China, President of International Federation for Systems Research
International Federation for Systems Research
The International Federation for Systems Research is an international federation for global and local societies in the field of systems science...
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Publications
Gu has published 200 papers and more than 30 books and proceedings. A selection:- 1995. Multiple Criteria Decision Making
- 2000. Dealing with Human Relations in Chinese System Practice. With Gerald Midgley and David Campbell.
- 2000. A Study on System Science and Engineering.. With Guozhi Xu and Hongan Che. Shanghai: Shanghai Science and Technology Education Press.
- 2005. IFSR 2005 - The New Roles of Systems Sciences for a Knowledge-based Society, Kobe 2005. Edited with Gerhard ChroustGerhard ChroustGerhard Chroust is an Austrian systems scientist, and Professor Emeritus for Systems Engineering and Automation at the Institute of System Sciences at the Johannes Kepler University of Linz, Austria...
. Jaist Press, Komatsu, Japan. - 2006. Towards knowledge synthesis and creation. With Yoshiteru Nakamori, Zhongtuo Wang and Xijin Tang.
Articles:
- 2005. "Meta-synthesis approach to complex system modeling". With Xijin Tang. In: European Journal of Operational Research 166(3): 597-614.
- 2007. "Exploring Computational Scheme of Complex Problem Solving Based on Meta-Synthesis Approach". With Yijun Liu and Wenyuan Niu. In: International Conference on Computational Science (4) 2007: 9-17
- 2007. "Debating and Creativity Support". With Andrzej P. Wierzbicki. In: Creative Environments 2007: 127-154
About his work:
- Gerald Midgley and Jennifer WilbyJennifer WilbyJennifer M. Wilby is an American management scientist, and past Director of the Centre for Systems Studies, and a lecturer and researcher in management systems and sciences in The Business School, University of Hull...
(2000). "Systems Practice in China: New Developments and Cross-Cultural Collaborations". In: Systemic Practice and Action Research Vol 13, Nr 1. Febr 2000. pp. 3-9.
External links
- "Systems methodologies. From Hard to Soft. From West to East" ISSS Presentation 2007.
- 25 Years of the IFSR: A Milestone in the Systems Sciences by Gerhard ChroustGerhard ChroustGerhard Chroust is an Austrian systems scientist, and Professor Emeritus for Systems Engineering and Automation at the Institute of System Sciences at the Johannes Kepler University of Linz, Austria...
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