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Models of a Man: Essays in Memory of Herbert A. Simon Hardcover – March 26, 2004

by Mie Augier (Editor), James G. March (Editor)
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Essays that pay tribute to the wide-ranging influence of the late Herbert Simon, by friends and colleagues.

Herbert Simon (1916-2001), in the course of a long and distinguished career in the social and behavioral sciences, made lasting contributions to many disciplines, including economics, psychology, computer science, and artificial intelligence. In 1978 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in economics for his research into the decision-making process within economic organizations. His well-known book The Sciences of the Artificial addresses the implications of the decision-making and problem-solving processes for the social sciences.

This book (the title is a variation on the title of Simon's autobiography, Models of My Life) is a collection of short essays, all original, by colleagues from many fields who felt Simon's influence and mourn his loss. Mixing reminiscence and analysis, the book represents "a small acknowledgment of a large debt."

Each of the more than forty contributors was asked to write about the one work by Simon that he or she had found most influential. The editors then grouped the essays into four sections: "Modeling Man," "Organizations and Administration," "Modeling Systems," and "Minds and Machines." The contributors include such prominent figures as Kenneth Arrow, William Baumol, William Cooper, Gerd Gigerenzer, Daniel Kahneman, David Klahr, Franco Modigliani, Paul Samuelson, and Vernon Smith. Although they consider topics as disparate as "Is Bounded Rationality Unboundedly Rational?" and "Personal Recollections from 15 Years of Monthly Meetings," each essay is a testament to the legacy of Herbert Simon—to see the unity rather than the divergences among disciplines.

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  1. Print length
    592 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    The MIT Press
  4. Publication date
    March 26, 2004
  5. Dimensions
    7.31 x 1.34 x 9.25 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    0262012081
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0262012089
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Mie Augier is a postdoctoral fellow at Stanford University.

James G. March is a Professor Emeritus at Stanford University.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ The MIT Press; y First printing edition (March 26, 2004)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 592 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0262012081
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0262012089
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.4 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.31 x 1.34 x 9.25 inches
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Una excelente compilación de ensayos en torno a la figura del nobel de economía Herbert Simon, también galardonado con la medalla Alan Turing en ciencias computacionales. Incluye ensayos de economistas notables como Samuelson, Modigliani, Kahneman, Arrow y Baumol. Se recorre el amplio espectro de intereses de Simon y en especial su concepto de Racionalidad Limitada, que amplía los modelos de conducta y decisión de la Economía. Muy recomendable para amantes de la Economía Teórica y estudiosos de la toma de decisiones en todo ámbito.
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