%0 Journal Article %1 heyck08simon %A Heyck, H. %B Annals of the History of Computing, IEEE %D 2008 %K humanities.history research.cs business.mgmt %P 42-51 %R 10.1109/MAHC.2008.18 %T Defining the Computer: Herbert Simon and the Bureaucratic Mind--Part 1 %U http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?isnumber=4544549&arnumber=4544555&count=16&index=5 %V 30 %X 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 way - in a new understanding of mind and machine - 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.

@article{heyck08simon, abstract = {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 way - in a new understanding of mind and machine - 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.}, added-at = {2009-06-25T16:49:15.000+0200}, author = {Heyck, H.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2123ba1a63b2dad55ce22eb1f87d5bae0/msn}, booktitle = {Annals of the History of Computing, IEEE}, description = {Welcome to IEEE Xplore 2.0: Defining the Computer: Herbert Simon and the Bureaucratic Mind--Part 1}, doi = {10.1109/MAHC.2008.18}, file = {heyck08simon.pdf:papers\\heyck08simon.pdf:PDF}, interhash = {6b6dafd54349ba4e7bbe6000ae9e341f}, intrahash = {123ba1a63b2dad55ce22eb1f87d5bae0}, issn = {1058-6180}, keywords = {humanities.history research.cs business.mgmt}, pages = {42-51}, timestamp = {2009-06-25T16:49:15.000+0200}, title = {Defining the Computer: Herbert Simon and the Bureaucratic Mind--Part 1}, url = {http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?isnumber=4544549&arnumber=4544555&count=16&index=5}, volume = 30, year = 2008 }