Information-processing theory of human problem solving

Handbook of Learning and Cognitive Processes: Volume 5 Human Information Processing

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 271-295

  Simon, Herbert A ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781315770314     Document Type: Chapter

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