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Models of bounded rationality.
Available through MITCogNet.Offering alternative models based on such concepts as satisficing (acceptance of viable choices that may not be the undiscoverable optimum) and bounded rationality (the limited extent to which rational calculation can direct human behavior), Simon shows concretely why more empirical research based on experiments and direct observation, rather than just statistical an…
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Models of a man :essays in memory of Herbert A. Simon
Essays that pay tribute to the wide-ranging influence of the late Herbert Simon, by friends and colleagues.Herbert Simon (1916-2001), in the course of a long and distinguished career in the social and behavioral sciences, made lasting contributions to many disciplines, including economics, psychology, computer science, and artificial intelligence. In 1978 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in econo…
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- 9780262267441
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- 1 online resource (xiv, 553 pages) :illustrations
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Models of information processing in the basal ganglia
"A Bradford book.""Recent years have seen a remarkable expansion of knowledge about the anatomical organization of the part of the brain known as the basal ganglia, the signal processing that occurs in these structures, and the many relations both to molecular mechanisms and to cognitive functions. This book brings together the biology and computational features of the basal ganglia and their r…
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- 0585357242
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- 1 online resource (xii, 382 pages) :illustrations.
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Models and cognition :prediction and explanation in everyday life and in scie…
"A Bradford book.""In this book, Jonathan Waskan challenges cognitive science's dominant model of mental representation and proposes a novel, well-devised alternative. The traditional view in the cognitive sciences uses a linguistic (propositional) model of mental representation. This logic-based model of cognition informs and constrains both the classical tradition of artificial intelligence a…
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- 9780262285827
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- 1 online resource (xiv, 323 pages) :illustrations
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Modeling neural development
"A Bradford Book."Studies neural development using computational and mathematical modeling. Modeling provides precise and exact ways of expression, which allow us to go beyond the insights that intuitive or commonsense reasoning alone can yield. Most neural modeling focuses on information processing in the adult nervous system. This book shows how models can be used to study the development of …
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- 9780262285438
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- 1 online resource (xiv, 322 pages) :illustrations.
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Modeling bounded rationality
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- 9780262282758
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- 1 online resource (viii, 208 pages) :illustrations.
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Mobile communication and society :a global perspective : a project of the Ann…
"Wireless networks are the fastest growing communications technology in history. Are mobile phones expressions of identity, fashionable gadgets, tools for life - or all of the above? Mobile Communication and Society looks at how the possibility of multimodal communication from anywhere to anywhere at any time affects everyday life at home, at work, and at school, and raises broader concerns abo…
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- 1 online resource (xii, 331 pages) :illustrations.
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Misfortunes of Prosperity :an Introduction to Modern Political Economy.
Elucidates the current debates on these and other questions in a fast-paced and incisive tour of the dominant ideas in political economy, summarizing historical and theoretical perspectives on the causes of economic growth in the United States, Western Europe, Japan and elsewhere as the twentieth-century draws to a close.Translated by Jacqueline Lindenfeld Are robust economic growth and tight s…
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The minimum means of reprisal :China's search for security in the nuclear age
An analysis of China's nuclear and space capabilities, deployment strategies, and stance in arms control negotiations, and the implications for U.S. defense strategy.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262278300
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- 1 online resource (xviii, 262 pages) :illustrations.
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The minimum description length principle
A comprehensive introduction and reference guide to the minimum description length (MDL) Principle that is accessible to researchers dealing with inductive reference in diverse areas including statistics, pattern classification, machine learning, data min.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 1 online resource (xxxii, 703 pages) :illustrations.
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