Herbert Simon by Models of My Life - 1991

Herbert A. Simon (1916 - 2001) was an American political scientist whose work also influenced the fields of computer science, economics, and cognitive psychology. His primary research interest was decision-making within organizations and he is best known for the theories of "bounded rationality" and "satisficing."  He received the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1978 and the Turing Award in computer science in 1975.  His research was noted for its interdisciplinary nature, spanning the fields of cognitive science, computer science, public administration, management, and political science.  He was at Carnegie Mellon University for most of his career, from 1949 to 2001, where he helped found the Carnegie Mellon School of Computer Science, one of the first such departments in the world.

Notably, he was among the pioneers of several modern-day scientific domains such as artificial intelligence, information processing, decision-making, problem-solving, organization theory, and complex systems. He was among the earliest to analyze the architecture of complexity and to propose a preferential attachment mechanism to explain power law distributions.

This copy is near fine with a green cloth spine on blue paper-covered boards and gilt titles on the spine.  Just very slight bumping at the spine ends and a short remainder mark on the bottom edge.  No other marks or damage .  The unclipped DJ has minor wrinkling at the rear jacket bottom, but is otherwise undamaged.