Herbert Simon

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Nobel laureate in Economics cognitive psychologist economist human political scientist

Herbert Simon was an American economist, political scientist, and cognitive psychologist renowned for his pioneering work on decision-making, bounded rationality, and artificial intelligence, for which he received the Nobel Prize in Economics.

Aliases (3)

Herbert A. Simon ×85
Herbert Alexander Simon ×1
Nobel laureate Herbert A. Simon ×1

Statements (68)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Nobel laureate in Economics → cognitive psychologist → economist → human → political scientist →
academicDegree	PhD in political science →
awardReceived	APA Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Psychology → Bower Award and Prize for Achievement in Science → John von Neumann Theory Prize → National Medal of Science → Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences → Turing Award →
birthName	Herbert Alexander Simon →
coAuthor	Allen Newell → James G. March → John R. Hayes → William G. Chase →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1916-06-15 →
dateOfDeath	2001-02-09 →
developedConcept	bounded rationality in economics → information-processing approach to cognition → satisficing decision rule → search in problem solving →
educatedAt	University of Chicago →
employer	Carnegie Institute of Technology → Carnegie Mellon University → University of California, Berkeley →
fieldOfWork	artificial intelligence → cognitive psychology → decision theory → economics → management science → operations research → political science →
influenced	artificial intelligence → behavioral economics → cognitive science → decision analysis → organizational theory →
knownFor	administrative behavior → artificial intelligence research → bounded rationality → cognitive architectures → decision-making theory → organizational decision-making → problem solving research → satisficing →
memberOf	American Academy of Arts and Sciences → American Philosophical Society → National Academy of Sciences (United States) →
name	Herbert A. Simon →
NobelPrizeField	Economic Sciences →
NobelPrizeMotivation	for his pioneering research into the decision-making process within economic organizations →
NobelPrizeYear	1978 →
notableWork	Administrative Behavior → Human Problem Solving → Models of Bounded Rationality → Models of Man → Organizations → The Sciences of the Artificial →
placeOfBirth	Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States →
placeOfDeath	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States →
positionHeld	professor of computer science → professor of economics → professor of industrial administration → professor of psychology →
spouse	Dorothea Pye Simon →

Referenced by (21)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Administrative Behavior ("Herbert A. Simon") → Human Problem Solving ("Herbert A. Simon") → Models of Bounded Rationality ("Herbert A. Simon") → Models of Man ("Herbert A. Simon") → The Sciences of the Artificial ("Herbert A. Simon") →	author
Dorothea Pye Simon ("Herbert A. Simon") → Dorothea Pye Simon ("Nobel laureate Herbert A. Simon") →	associatedWith
Allen Newell ("Herbert A. Simon") →	academicAdvisor
Herbert A. Simon ("Herbert Alexander Simon") →	birthName
Allen Newell ("Herbert A. Simon") →	coAuthor
Charles Geschke ("Herbert A. Simon") →	doctoralAdvisor
Simon Property Group →	foundedBy
Semantic Information Processing ("Herbert A. Simon") →	hasContributor
Herbert →	hasNotableBearer
Allen Newell ("Herbert A. Simon") →	influencedBy
Herbert A. Simon ("Herbert A. Simon") →	name
Newell-Simon Hall ("Herbert A. Simon") →	namedAfter
IJCAI Award for Research Excellence ("Herbert A. Simon") →	notableRecipient
Dorothea Pye Simon ("Herbert A. Simon") →	partnerOf
Dorothea Pye Simon ("Herbert A. Simon") →	spouseOf
Allen Newell ("Herbert A. Simon") →	turingAwardCoRecipient