The Sciences of the Artificial by Herbert Alexander Simon

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The Sciences of the Artificial

by Herbert Alexander Simon

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Good writing, the philosophy is a little outdated in the early 2000's. Gets a little rambling past the first third of the book.

drunkenfilosofer | Jul 28, 2007 |

. This is another one of those books that gets referenced so often that I added it to my list. I have seen references to this work in the context of design, artificial intelligence, and economics. I confess that I don't see what is so impressive about it. Perhaps the ideas it introduces were revolutionary in its time but now have become so accepted that it seems obvious? One concrete contribution is the idea of "satisficing", meeting the constraints of a problem without finding the optimal solution. (

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Continuing his exploration of the organization of complexity and the science of design, this new edition of Herbert Simon's classic work on artificial intelligence adds a chapter that sorts out the current themes and tools -- chaos, adaptive systems, genetic algorithms -- for analyzing complexity and complex systems.

There are updates throughout the book as well. These take into account important advances in cognitive psychology and the science of design while confirming and extending the book's basic thesis: that a physical symbol system has the necessary and sufficient means for intelligent action. The chapter "Economic Reality" has also been revised to reflect a change in emphasis in Simon's thinking about the respective roles of organizations and markets in economic systems.

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