{"product_id":"models-of-simon-9780415311588","title":"Models of Simon","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eHerbert Simon (1916-2001) is mostly celebrated for the theory of bounded rationality and satisficing. This book of essays on \u003ci\u003eModels of Simon\u003c\/i\u003e tackles these topics that the he broached in a professional career spanning more than 60 years. Expository material on the fundamental concepts he introduced are re-interpreted in terms of the theory of computability. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume frames the behavioural issues of concern for economists, such as: hierarchy, causality, near-diagonal linear dynamical systems, discovery, the contrasts between the notion of heuristics\u003cem\u003e,\u003c\/em\u003e and\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003ethe Church-Turing Thesis of Computability Theory. There is, consistently, an emphasis on the historical origins of the concepts Simon worked with, in emphasising Human Problem Solving and Decision Making â by rational individuals and institutions (like Organizations). The main feature of the results in the book are its emphasis on the procedural aspects of human problem solving, decision making and t\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. Introduction, 2. Herbert Simon: a life, 3. Classical - or Cognitive - Behavioural Economics (CBE) versus Modern Behavioural Economics (MBE), 4. The \u003cem\u003ezeitgeist\u003c\/em\u003e: cybernetics, servomechanisms, information, communication and computation, 5. Heuristics versus algorithms, 6. Computable and computational complexity theoretic bases for cognitive behavioural economics, 7. \u003cem\u003eNotes \u003c\/em\u003eon hierarchic, \u003cem\u003enear\u003c\/em\u003e-decomposable, causal, evolutionary dynamics: \u003cem\u003eThe Architecture of Complexity,\u003c\/em\u003e 8. Gandy's \u003cem\u003eMechanisms\u003c\/em\u003e Modelling the \u003cem\u003eRationality \u003c\/em\u003eof Organizations by March \u0026amp; Simon, 9. Towards a \u003cem\u003eClassical Behavioural Finance Theory,\u003c\/em\u003e 10. \u003cem\u003eIntuitionistic \u003c\/em\u003efoundations for economic theory: a \u003cem\u003eBrouwer-Simon research programme,\u003c\/em\u003e 11. A \u003cem\u003ecrooked path \u003c\/em\u003ealong \u003cem\u003eThe Gravel Walks. Appendices. Index\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50577319559511,"sku":"9780415311588","price":128.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780415311588.jpg?v=1746094886","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/models-of-simon-9780415311588","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}