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Herbert Alexander Simon 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 Econo…
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Born 15 June 1916 · Died 9 February 2001 · Q181529
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Rational behavior, in economics, means that individuals maximize their utility function under the constraints they face (e.g., their budget constraint, limited choices, ...) in pursuit of their self-interest. This is reflected in the theory of subjective expected utility. Theories of bounded rationality relax one or more assumptions of standard expected utility theory.
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“Rational behavior, in economics, means that individuals maximize their utility function under the constraints they face (e.g., their budget constraint, limited choices, ...) in pursuit of their self-interest. This is reflected in the theory of subjective expected utility. Theories of bounded rationality relax one or more assumptions of standard expected utility theory.”
“the editor of the Milwaukee Journal defending the civil liberties of atheists”
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The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: RECORDINGS | OPINION: Phoebe Bridgers and Carly Simon return after long absences, Jon Batiste opens a three-album conversation - The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
University of North Carolina School of the Arts: “Tales from Ovid” by Ted Hughes, adapted by Tim Supple and Simon Reade
WPR: WPR Music Album of the Week: Antonín Dvořák's Symphony No. 9 "From the New World" & Carlos Simon's "Four Black American Dances"
WBGO: Ashley Kahn on the Miracles and Wonder of Paul Simon’s Graceland
South Bend Tribune: History Museum holds talk and book signing with Jane Simon Ammeson
Harvard Law School: Fay Diploma winner Abigail Simon puts community and ‘collective effort’ above individual accolades
Died 2001-02-09.
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Awarded John Gaus Award (2000).
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Awarded IJCAI Award for Research Excellence (1995).
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Awarded ACM Fellow (1994).
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Awarded APA Award for Outstanding Lifetime Contributions to Psychology (1993).
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Awarded AAAI Fellow (1990).
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Awarded William James Fellow Award (1989).
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Awarded John von Neumann Theory Prize (1988).
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Awarded Harold Pender Award (1987).
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“Why a diagram is (sometimes) worth ten thousand words,”
Won National Medal of Science (1986).
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Awarded Josiah Willard Gibbs Lectureship (1984).
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Awarded honorary doctorate from the University of Montpellier-III (1983).
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Awarded William Procter Prize for Scientific Achievement (1980).
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Simon still maintained these ideas and argued that land value tax should replace taxes on wages
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Awarded the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences — for his pioneering research into the decision-making process within economic organizations.
Awarded Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel (1978).
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“for his pioneering research into the decision-making process within economic organizations”
Awarded Turing Award (1975).
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And he received the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1978
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“basic contributions to artificial intelligence, the psychology of human cognition, and list processing”
Awarded APA Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Psychology (1969).
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That "machines will be capable, within twenty years, of doing any work a man can do
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By writing a paper on emotional cognition, which he updated in 1967 and published in Psychological Review
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Simon predicted that computer chess would surpass human chess abilities within "ten years" when, in reality, that transition took about forty years
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Awarded Fellow of the Econometric Society (1954).
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Simon became a professor of administration and chairman of the Department of Industrial Management at Carnegie Institute of Technology ("Carnegie Tech"), which, in 1967, became Carnegie-Mellon University
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And updated across the years, was based on Simon's doctoral dissertation
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Simon entered the University of Chicago, and, following his early influences, decided to study social science and mathematics
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Born 1916-06-15.
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After earning his engineering degree at Technische Hochschule Darmstadt
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