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

He was born in [[Milwaukee]], [[Wisconsin]] in [[1916]].  After earning a [[PhD]] in Political Science from the [[University of Chicago]] in [[1942]], he had positions at [[University of California, Berkeley|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.  

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. 

In [[1978]] he was awarded [[The Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel]] "for his pioneering research into the decision-making process within economic organizations". 
He invented the terms [[bounded rationality]] and [[satisficing]].

==See also==
*[[List of economists]]
*[[List of economics consultancies and think tanks]]

==Selected bibliography==
*''Models of Man'' [[1957]]
*''Models of Discovery'' [[1977]]
*''Models of Thought'' [[1979]], [[1989]]
*''Models of Bounded Rationality'' [[1982]]
*''Models of My Life'' [[1991]]

==External links==

* [http://www.nobel-winners.com/Economics/herbert_alexander_simon.html Herbert Simon]

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