Herbert A. Simon: American political scientist, economist, sociologist, and psychologist (1916–2001)
Herbert Alexander Simon (June 15, 1916 – February 9, 2001) was an American economist, political scientist and cognitive psychologist.
He was best known for the theories of "bounded rationality" and "satisficing". He won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1978 and the Turing Award in 1975.
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| Born | Herbert Alexander Simon June 15, 1916 |
| Died | February 9, 2001 (aged 84) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Education | University of Chicago (B.A., 1936; Ph.D., 1943) |
| Known for | Bounded rationality Satisficing Information Processing Language Logic Theorist General Problem Solver |
| Spouse | Dorothea Isabel Pye (m. 1939) |
| Children | 3 |
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| Fields | Economics Artificial intelligence Computer science Political science |
| Institutions | Carnegie Mellon University |
| Doctoral advisor | Henry Schultz |
| Other academic advisors | Rudolf Carnap Nicholas Rashevsky Harold Lasswell Charles Merriam John R. Commons |
| Doctoral students | Edward Feigenbaum Allen Newell Richard Waldinger John Muth William F. Pounds |
| Influences | Richard T. Ely, John R. Commons, Henry George, Chester Barnard, Charles Merriam, Yuji Ijiri, William W. Cooper, Richard Cyert, James G. March |
| Influenced | Daniel Kahneman, Amos Tversky, Gerd Gigerenzer, James March, Allen Newell, Philip E. Tetlock, Richard Thaler, John Muth, Oliver E. Williamson, Massimo Egidi, Vela Velupillai, Ha Joon Chang, William C. Wimsatt, Alok Bhargava, Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Yuji Ijiri, William W. Cooper, Richard Cyert, James G. March |
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