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J. Scott Armstrong

Professor, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

J. Scott Armstrong passed away on September 28, 2023. Read his obituary here.

J. Scott Armstrong was a professor at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, and founder of the Journal of Forecasting, International Journal of Forecasting, and International Symposium on Forecasting. He was the creator of forecastingprinciples.com and editor of Principles of Forecasting (Kluwer 2001), an evidence-based summary of knowledge on forecasting. In 1996, he was selected as one of the first six “Honorary Fellows” by the International Institute of Forecasters. He has been doing research on forecasting for nearly half a century.