有限理性呢個概念係赫伯特·亞歷山大·西蒙(Herbert Alexander Simon)所建立嘅。佢提出,大部人祇係得局部理性,而佢哋做嘢嗰陣係唔理性。喺佢一連串嘅著作當中,西蒙列明出,有限理性嘅個體喺運算同解複雜嘅問題以及處理訊息(包括接收、儲存、搵同傳遞訊息等嘅工作)上係受到某啲限制嘅[6]。另外,佢亦都描述咗「古典」嘅理性決策模型可以用乜嘢方法改,令到個模型更加準確噉描述到現實,包括:
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