A group of people, a lifetime, one thing

DENG, JULONG (January, 1933 – June 22, 2013), ✩✩✩✩✩
Professor, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Founder of Grey System Theory.
- Founded the Grey System Theory
- Proposed the first Grey Forecasting model
- Proposed the first Grey Relational Analysis (GRA) model

LIU, SIFENG (b. July 15, 1955), ✩✩✩✩✩
Distinguished Professor, Xi’an Polytechnic University, Xi’an, China.
He is widely respected as the world’s top expert on grey systems. He is primarily responsible for introducing the Grey System Theory to the international world. He authored the earliest known English textbooks on grey system theory. He is the honorary editor of International Journal of Grey Systems (IJGS), and patron of International Association of Grey Systems and Uncertainty Analysis (IAGSUA). He is one of the earliest students of grey system theory. He was trained by Deng Julong at Huazhong University of Science & Technology.
- Absolute Grey Relational Analysis (GRA) model
- Relative Grey Relational Analysis (GRA) model
- Synthetic Grey Relational Analysis (GRA) model
- Theory of Operators

MA, XIN
Associate Professor, Southwest University of Science and Technology, China.
The 2nd Generation of the Grey Systems experts. He is well-known for his works on grey forecast models. He is the editorial board member of International Journal of Grey Systems.
- Proposed Conformable Fractional Grey Forecasting Model (breakthrough)
- Proposed Conformable Fractional Discrete Grey Model CFDGM (1,1)
- Proposed a new information priority accumulated grey model with hyperbolic sinusoidal term

CAMELIA DELCEA
Professor, Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania.
The 2nd Generation of the Grey Systems experts. She is one of the leading European scholars of the Grey System Theory, and also the first woman to study and apply the Grey System Theory. She authored the first English language monograph on the Grey System Theory from an international perspective. She is the Associate Editor of International Journal of Grey Systems.
- Application of Grey System Theory in Economics and Social Sciences (a monograph)
- One of the first scholars to recognize the significance of Dynamic Grey Relational Analysis

XIE, NAIMING
Professor, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, China.
The 2nd Generation of the Grey Systems experts. He is well-known for his works on grey forecast models. He was trained by Liu Sifeng at Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics. He is the editorial board member of International Journal of Grey Systems.
- Proposed Discrete Grey Forecasting Model
- Proposed a hybrid Verhulst-GM(1,N) model
ZENG, BO
Professor of Information Science, Chongqing Technology and Business University, Chongqing, China.
The 2nd Generation of the Grey Systems experts. He is well-known for his software development skills and works on grey prediction models. He is the editorial board member of International Journal of Grey Systems.
- Grey forecasting models
WU, LIFENG
Professor, School of Management Engineering and Business, Hebei University of Engineering, Handan, China.
The 2nd Generation of the Grey Systems experts. He is well-known for his works on grey forecasting models. He is the editorial board member of International Journal of Grey Systems.
- Grey forecasting models
- Proposed Fractional Order Accumulation Operation
- Studied the Impact of COVID-19 on the Big Industrial Enterprises in Hebei
TAN, XUERUI
Dean, Shantou University Medical College.
President, 1st Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical College.
One of the earliest students of grey system theory. He was trained by Deng Julong at Huazhong University of Science & Technology (PhD: 1994/09-1997/07)
- Application of Grey System Theory in Healthcare
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