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| | William Ross Ashby Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20) |
 | | William Ross Ashby (September 6, 1903, London, England - November 15, 1972) was a British psychiatrist and a pioneer in the study of complex systems. |
 | | Despite being widely influential within cybernetics, systems theory and, more recently, complex systems, he is not nearly as well known as many of the notable scientists his work has influenced including Herbert Simon, Norbert Wiener, Ludwig von Bertalanffy, Stafford Beer and Stuart Kauffman. |
 | | From 1947 to 1959, Ashby was director of research at Barnwood House Hospital in Gloucester. |
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