> It is unlikely that there were two Robert Godell Browns claiming to have invented Exponential Smoothing! He was an amazing guy.
(+/%#)&.(a.&i.) 'Robert Godell Brown' _ :) On Tue, Dec 10, 2019 at 3:32 PM 'Jim Russell' via Chat <[email protected]> wrote: > > Same one. I spent some 10 years working with Bob on his Libary 747 CMCS manufactuing system offered by STSC. Even then he complained he wasn't getting enough income to support his approaching retirement. If he was 90 when he passed in 2014...oh well, guess I forgot when I left STSC..., but it was in the pre-Manugistics days, and I guess he was closing in on 65 then. I'm pretty sure he was at least > > It is unlikely that there were two Robert Godell Browns claiming to have invented Exponential Smoothing! He was an amazing guy. > > Cheers! > > > > On Dec 10, 2019, at 2:57 PM, Roger Hui <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Are you sure that this is the Robert G. Brown of APL fame? The Bob Brown I > > met several times in Minnowbrook looked (much) younger than a person born > > in 1923, nor in his interests and manner of speaking seem like a person who > > invented exponential smoothing. > > > > > > > >> On Tue, Dec 10, 2019 at 11:33 AM 'Jim Russell' via Chat < [email protected]> > >> wrote: > >> > >> To follow up on my mention yesterday of RGB: Sadly, the 404 error has been > >> fixed: > >> https://forecasters.org/blog/2013/10/09/robert-g-brown-1923%E2%88%922013/ > >> > >> I admired Bob, an early user of (and consultant to) STSC. I had last run > >> into him after losing touch at one of the early J conferences in Toronto. > >> > >> Sad... > >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > >> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
