Proofs and Predictions in Human Problem Solving

K. Vela Velupillai ()

Computational Economics, 2021, vol. 57, issue 3, No 11, 935-947

Abstract: Abstract This paper suggests that Herbert Simon’s concept of proof and predictions, in the solution of problems by human’s, considered as Information Processing Agents subject to boundedly rational behaviour and satisficing objectives, is to be interpreted in terms of constructive mathematics.

Keywords: Herbert Simon; Proofs; Predictions; Constructive mathematics; Jordan curve theorem; Chess; GO (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: B31 B41 C63 C65 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1007/s10614-018-9810-0

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