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Herbert A. Simon
Explaining bounded rationality and helping establish artificial intelligence research.
Administrative Behavior · Logic Theorist
- Born
- 15 June 1916
- Birthplace
- Milwaukee, United States
- Died
- 9 February 2001
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Herbert A. Simon
Herbert A. Simon was an American researcher whose work crossed computing, economics and psychology. He studied how people and organisations make decisions under practical limits.
Early life
Milwaukee
Grew up with a father who was an engineer and a mother who played piano.
Chicago studies
Studied political science at the University of Chicago, earning his doctorate in 1943.
Career
- 1940s
Administrative research
Studied organisations and developed his account of decision-making.
- 1949 onward
Carnegie Mellon
Joined the institution where he would spend most of his career.
- 1950s–2000s
Cognition and computing
Helped pioneer artificial intelligence and continued interdisciplinary research.
Selected work
Administrative Behavior
Examined decision-making within organisations.
Logic Theorist
Worked with Allen Newell and J. C. Shaw on an early AI program.
Economics Nobel memorial prize
Received recognition for research on organisational decision-making.
Beyond work
Wider interests
Pursued painting and piano alongside research.
Autobiography
Published Models of My Life in 1991.
Sources & photo credit
Life, career and references ↗Institutional source ↗Photo: Rochester Institute of Technology. Public domain · Original image. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.
