Herbert Simon
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Herbert Simon was an American scholar who made major contributions across multiple fields including economics, psychology, political science, and sociology during the 20th century. His work fundamentally changed how people understand decision-making by showing that humans don't always make perfectly rational choices, a insight that influenced everything from how organizations operate to how economists model human behavior.
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- 1916-06-15
- Died
- 2001-02-09
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- Das Bauwert des Erbbaurechts
- Das Verbrechen des [section] 229 St.G.B., insbesondere sein Verhältnis zur vorsätzlichen Tötung und Körperverletzungen
- Der Kiemenapparat der Cumaceen
- Über die konservative Behandlung der Harsteine unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Medikamente Rowatinex und Nephrolith
- Ueber veraltete Luxationsfracturen des Talocruralgelenkes
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Herbert Alexander Simon (June 15, 1916 – February 9, 2001) was an American scholar whose work influenced the fields of computer science, economics, and cognitive psychology. His primary research interest was decision-making within organizations and he is best known for the theories of "bounded rationality" and "satisficing". He and Allen Newell received the ACM Turing Award in 1975, and he received the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1978.
His research was noted for its interdisciplinary nature, spanning the fields of cognitive science, computer science, public administration, management, and political science. He was at Carnegie Mellon University for most of his career, from 1949 to 2001, where he helped found the Carnegie Mellon School of Computer Science, one of the first such departments in the world.
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