# Ackoff Center for Advancement of Systems Approaches Summary::University of Pennsylvania announced the creation of the Ackoff Center for Advancement of Systems Approaches In July 2000, the School of Engineering and Applied Science of the University of Pennsylvania announced the creation of the Ackoff Center for Advancement of Systems Approaches (ACASA). Named for [Dr. Russell Ackoff](http://www.acasa.upenn.edu/advisory.htm), Emeritus Anheuser-Busch Professor of the Wharton School, the center operates as a think tank in the vanguard of systems approaches. [http://www.acasa.upenn.edu/](http://www.acasa.upenn.edu/) --- # References ## Ackoff Center for Advancement of Systems Approaches [http://www.acasa.upenn.edu/](http://www.acasa.upenn.edu/) In July 2000, the School of Engineering and Applied Science of the University of Pennsylvania announced the creation of the Ackoff Center for Advancement of Systems Approaches (ACASA). Named for [Dr. Russell Ackoff](http://www.acasa.upenn.edu/advisory.htm), Emeritus Anheuser-Busch Professor of the Wharton School, the center operates as a think tank in the vanguard of systems approaches. --- # References