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Human problem solving

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Prentice-Hall, 1972 - Education - 920 pages
The aim of the book is to advance the understanding of how humans think. It seeks to do so by putting forth a theory of human problem solving, along with a body of empirical evidence that permits assessment of the theory. (Author).

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About the author (1972)

Simon was educated in political science at the University of Chicago (B.A., 1936, Ph.D., 1943). Since 1949, he has been a faculty member at Carnegie Mellon University, where he is Richard King Mellon University Professor of Computer Science & Psychology.

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TitleHuman problem solving
AuthorsAllen Newell, Herbert Alexander Simon
Editionillustrated
PublisherPrentice-Hall, 1972
Original fromthe University of Michigan
Digitized21 Jan 2010
Length920 pages
Subjects › 

Education / Decision-Making & Problem Solving
Human information processing
Problem solving
Psychology / Cognitive Psychology
Psychology / General
  
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