Models of Man

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Models of Man is a seminal book by Herbert A. Simon that explores human decision-making and behavior through the lens of bounded rationality and mathematical models in the social sciences.


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instanceOf book
academicDiscipline economics
management science
operations research
political science
psychology
author Herbert A. Simon
countryOfOrigin United States
describedBy "Models of Man: Social and Rational"
genre economic theory literature
non-fiction
social science literature
hasPart essays on decision-making
mathematical models of behavior
studies in economic theory
studies in political science
hasSubtitle "Social and Rational"
influenced artificial intelligence
behavioral economics
cognitive psychology
decision sciences
organizational theory
influencedBy classical decision theory
neoclassical economics
psychology
keyConcept bounded rationality
formal models of choice
heuristic decision-making
limited information processing
satisficing
language English
mainSubject behavioral economics
bounded rationality
decision theory
economic behavior
human decision-making
mathematical models in the social sciences
organizational behavior
psychology of decision-making
rational choice
notableFor challenging the assumption of full rationality in classical economics
formalizing the concept of bounded rationality in economic behavior
integrating mathematical modeling with empirical studies of decision-making
publicationYear 1957
publisher John Wiley & Sons
timePeriodDiscussed 20th-century social sciences

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