Herbert A. Simon : the bounds of reason in modern America / Hunter Crowther-Heyck.

Author/creator Crowther-Heyck, Hunter, 1968-
Format Book
Publication InfoBaltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2005.
Descriptionxi, 420 pages ; 24 cm
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Subjects

Contents Introduction: (Un)bounded rationality -- The garden of forking paths -- The Chicago School and the sciences of control -- Mathematics, logic, and the sciences of choice -- Research and reform -- Homo administrativus, or choice under control -- Decisions and revisions -- Structuring his environment -- Islands of theory -- A new model of mind and machine -- The program is the theory -- The cognitive revolution -- Homo adaptivus, the finite problem solver -- Scientist of the artificial -- The expert problem-solver -- Conclusion: A model scientist.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [399]-409) and index.
LCCN 2004012459
ISBN0801880254 (hardcover : alk. paper)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks HB119.S47 C76 2005 ✔ Available Place Hold