Herbert Simon and the GSIA: Building an interdisciplinary community

Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 311-334

  Crowther Heyck, Hunter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; AWARDS AND PRIZES; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; EDUCATION; HISTORY; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MATHEMATICS; NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROBLEM SOLVING; REVIEW; SOCIOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES; EDUCATION, GRADUATE; FOUNDATIONS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MATHEMATICS; NOBEL PRIZE; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOCIAL SCIENCES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33750532704     PISSN: 00225061     EISSN: 15206696     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jhbs.20189     Document Type: Review

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