UID:
almahu_9949728777402882
Format:
1 online resource (354 pages)
ISBN:
9781800370685 (e-book)
Content:
"Honoring the life and work of Herbert Simon, this illuminating Companion provides an in-depth survey of one of the most prolific social scientists of our age. Mirroring the breadth of Simon's studies, chapters analyze his contributions to artificial intelligence, economics, entrepreneurship, management, psychology and other fields. The comprehensive book outlines how Herbert Simon came to be the only person to receive both the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics and the Turing Award in Computer Science. Bounded rationality, satisficing and heuristic search are just a few of his seminal ideas that pioneered behavioral economics and artificial intelligence. Elucidating how Simon freed the study of human behavior from the dictates of subjective expected utility theory and Bayesian theory, chapters discuss how he instead promoted the development of empirically based theories on the behavior of individuals, organizations and machines. Interdisciplinary contributors thoughtfully explore his groundbreaking ideas, examining Simon's influence on their own work and even their personal outlook on life. This Companion enables the ideas of Herbert Simon to live on. It is a foundational resource for scholars of disciplines such as cognitive science, entrepreneurship, organizational behavior, behavioral and experimental economics, econometrics, economic psychology, industrial organization, and public administration and management"--
Note:
Contents: Introduction: Simon says / Gerd Gigerenzer, Shabnam Mousavi and Riccardo Viale -- 1. Herbert simon: A daughter's view / Katherine Simon Frank -- Part I: Are minds like computers? -- 2. Herbert simon on mind as computer / Gerd Gigerenzer and Daniel G. Goldstein -- 3. Symbols and search in humans and machines / Pat Langley -- Part II: What makes administrators and entrepreneurs? -- 4. Beggars and horseless: Entrepreneurial origins of organizations and markets / Saras Sarasvathy -- 5. Reflections on descriptive and prescriptive issues in administrative behavior, the work for which herbert simon received the 1978 nobel memorial prize in economics / Hersh Shefrin -- 6. Simon and knight / J.-C. Spender -- Part III: What is bounded rationality? -- 7. A double-edged metaphor: Simon and the scissors of bounded rationality / Enrico Petracca -- 8. From bounded rationality to ecological rationality / Gerd Gigerenzer -- 9. Intelligence versus rationality: Simon's dueling reference points / Jonathan Bendor -- Part IV: Solving problems -- 10. Enactive problem solving: An alternative to the limits of decision making / Riccardo Viale -- 11. Problem solving, bounded rationality and the enigma of thought / Laura Macchi and Maria Bagassi -- Part V: Organizations, heuristics, and life lessons -- 12. Study of organization without strategy: Structural rationality / Shabnam Mousavi and Shyam Sunder -- 13. Representations, frames and the dynamics of routines: Rethinking routines as artifacts / Massimo Egidi, Luigi Marengo and Giacomo Sillari -- 14. Heuristics for metascience: Simon and popper / Konstantinos V. Katsikopoulos, Julian N. Marewski and Ulrich Hoffrage -- Part VI: Finale: Simon said -- 15. Simon said: Herb's research rules and life lessons / Robert Axtell.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781800370678 (hardback)
Language:
English
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