Defining the Computer: Herbert Simon and the Bureaucratic Mind--Part 1

摘要

Herbert Simon understood the computer, the organization, and the individual mind as being "species of the genus information processor." By defining the computer in this wayȁ4;in a new understanding of mind and machineȁ4;Simon hoped to provide answers to the problems of choice and control in complex systems. Part 1 discusses Simon''''s work before he came to computing. Part 2 covers Simon''''s early work in computer science.