Herbert A. Simon, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Herbert A. Simon

American political scientist, economist, sociologist, and psychologist

Date of Birth: 15-Jun-1916

Place of Birth: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

Date of Death: 09-Feb-2001

Profession: computer scientist, politician, economist, political scientist, university teacher, sociologist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Herbert Alexander Simon (June 15, 1916 – February 9, 2001) was an American economist, political scientist and cognitive psychologist, whose primary research interest was decision-making within organizations and is best known for the theories of "bounded rationality" and "satisficing".
He received the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1978 and the Turing Award in 1975.
His research was noted for its interdisciplinary nature and spanned across 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.Notably, Simon 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.