When1: 1955
When2: 1982
Who: Herbert A. Simon [Simon, Herbert A.]
What: psychologist/mathematician
Where: USA
works\ Behavioral Model of Rational Choice [1955]; Rational Choice and the Structure of the Environment [1956]; Logic Theory Machine [1956: with A. Newell]; Report on a general problem solving program [1959: with A. Newell and J. C. Shaw]; Administrative Behavior [1970]; Sciences of the Artificial [1981]; Models of Bounded Rationality, Volume 1, Economic Analysis and Public Policy [1982]
Detail: He lived 1916 to 2001 and invented administration systems theory {decision theory, Simon}, which examines human problem-solving difficulties, cognitive limits on rationality, and perceptual limits on decision making. Good chess players can remember real chess positions better but not random ones better.
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