Herbert Simon

Herbert Simon (June 15, 1916–February 9, 2001) was a researcher in the fields of cognitive psychology, computer science, public administration, economics and philosophy (sometimes described as a polymath).

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June 15 - 1916 - February 9 - 2001 - Cognitive psychology - Computer science - Public administration - Economics - Philosophy - Polymath

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He was awarded the ACM's A.M. Turing Award along with Allen Newell in 1975 for making "basic contributions to artificial intelligence, the psychology of human cognition, and list processing." In 1978 he was awarded Nobel Prize in Economics "for his pioneering research into the decision-making process within economic organizations". He coined the terms bounded rationality and satisficing.

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ACM - A.M. Turing Award - Allen Newell - 1975 - Cognition - 1978 - Nobel Prize in Economics - Bounded rationality - Satisficing

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He was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1916. He received his B.S. in 1936 from the University of Chicago, where he was a member of the debate team. He earning a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Chicago in 1942 with his disseration in public administration. His disseration was published as Administrative Behavior, the book upon which his pioneering concepts and his Nobel Prize were based. He had positions at Berkeley and the Illinois Institute of Technology. From 1949 until his death, Simon served on the faculty of Carnegie Mellon University, pioneering the quantitative modeling of human behavior through research in a variety of fields.

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Milwaukee - Wisconsin - 1916 - 1936 - University of Chicago - Ph.D. - 1942 - Public administration - Administrative Behavior - Berkeley - Illinois Institute of Technology - 1949 - Carnegie Mellon University

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Simon was a pioneer in the field of artificial intelligence, creating with Allen Newell the Logic Theory Machine (1956) and the General Problem Solver (GPS) (1957) programs. GPS was possibly the first method of separating problem solving strategy from information about particular problems. Both programs were developed using the Information Processing Language (1956) developed by Newell, Cliff Shaw and Simon.

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Artificial intelligence - Allen Newell - Logic Theory Machine - 1956 - General Problem Solver - 1957 - Information Processing Language - Cliff Shaw

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He was awarded the ACM's A.M. Turing Award along with Allen Newell in 1975 for "In joint scientific efforts extending over twenty years, initially in collaboration with J. C. (Cliff) Shaw at the RAND Corporation, and subsequentially with numerous faculty and student colleagues at Carnegie Mellon University, they have made basic contributions to artificial intelligence, the psychology of human cognition, and list processing."

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ACM - A.M. Turing Award - Allen Newell - 1975 - J. C. (Cliff) Shaw - RAND Corporation - Carnegie Mellon University

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While living in Pittsburgh, PA, he advised the citizenry on various issues including the use of public funds to build stadiums and the method of raising tax revenue. Simon emphasized the usefulness of the land tax, reflecting the early influence of Henry George on his economic thought.

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Pittsburgh, PA - Land tax - Henry George

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