Nothing to gain.Shit's good, it's just that I am a bit too uneducated to appreciate it fully.

That is, one must accept solutions that may not be optimal, but are justifiable. This is true even for a reader in 2015. I have always thought of him as a pioneer in Artificial Intelligence and it wasn't until reading this book that I learned he's more known as an economist and political scientist.

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A description of complex systems and how many complex systems are nearly decomposable, that is the behavior of their subcomponents is largely independent of the other subcomponents, and depends mostly only on the other subcomponents' aggregate affect, not their inner details.

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Our essential task—a big enough one to be sure—is simply to keep open the options for the future or perhaps even to broaden them a bit by creating new variety and new niches. Although the language is a little stilted at times and difficult to read, the range and scope - and implications - of Simon's ideas are profound. These artificial sciences that are operationally dependent on the traditional discovery sciences but are fundamentally different. Here we got this ingenious guy exploring our bounded rationality; he runs widely but with good depth. While I get the criticism, namely that design activities are not easily formalized in Simon’s suggested steps, goals and methods, the book itself is interesting. Nobody does this better than the late Nobel prize winner Herbert Simon. as a Science of the Artificial,” Simon emphasizes a division of the outer from the inner environment, and is much more con- cerned with finding … Regarding complexity, I liked the perspective on "hierarchies" and the contrast with Chaos and other theories.On problem solving in the context of society/complex systems that are man-made - different examples of contexts and analysis of the problem solving process.I'll have to read this again because honestly, I have no clue what this was about.

However, the book seems to be written for a reader who loves tracking developments in science. If it had been written today it would be impressively insightful, but it was written 40+ years ago - truly an incredible achievement.While I'm glad to have this book now, I can't help but think how my life might be different if I had it at age 17, 22, or 25. These artificial sciences that are operationally dependent on the traditional discovery sciences but are fundamentally different.

A description of complex systems and how many complex systems are nearly decomposable, that is the behavior of their subcomponents is largely independent of the other subcomponents, and depends mostly only on the other subcomponents' aggregate affect, not their inner details. While I get the criticism, namely that design activities are not easily formalized in Simon’s suggested steps, goals and methods, the book itself is interesting.

For everybody who does research may get inspirations how to solve complex issues or problems. I wish he was still alive and made many video lecturesReviewed in the United States on September 19, 2017 "The reflective Practitioner", Schön). This, I attribute to the author's writing. Furthermore, I am dismayed at the book’s trivialization of design and its naive understanding of engineering practice in general. Ranging from engineering to psychology, connecting all the dots. Herb Simon, Nobel laureate for Economics, and a great computer scientist, makes excellent arguments for the encapsulation of scale in complex systems.I wanted to really like this book, but it didn't capture the attention of my inner geek like I hoped. These artificial sciences that are operationally dependent on the traditional discovery sciences but are fundamentally different. Regrettably, the book thereupon proceeds along an even worse course via its fatuous prescriptions for a purported science of design and its automation. Brilliant and valuable, nothing better in understanding the differences between traditional discovery science and the sciences of design. I have always thought of him as a pioneer in Artificial Intelligence and it wasn't until reading this book that I learned he's more known as an economist and political scientist. Our grandchildren cannot ask more of us than that we offer to them the same chance for adventure, for the pursuit of new and interesting designs, that we have had.” Dr. Simon is well-recognized as a brilliant thinker with a wide interest in topics. He jumped from subject to subject and I think that perhaps one day when I have time to sit and read most of it in one sitting it will make more sense to me, but stopping and starting over and over again just caused confusion.Excellent, germinal discussion of the nature of computer science in constructing artificial systems, including "intelligence." These include the professions of engineering, organizational development and public and private management and … What is it these subjects have in common? These include the professions of engineering, organizational development and public and private management and administration and problem solving.