Herbert Alexander Simon (June 15, 1916 – February 9, 2001), a Nobel laureate, was an American
political scientist,
economist,
sociologist,
psychologist, and
computer scientist whose research ranged across the fields of
cognitive psychology,
cognitive science, computer science,
public administration, economics, management,
philosophy of science, sociology, and
political science, unified by studies of
decision-making. With almost a thousand highly cited publications, he was one of the most influential social scientists of the twentieth century. For many years he held the post of
Richard King Mellon Professor at
Carnegie Mellon University