Abstract
The objectives of infrastructure planning are usually the systems that include human activities. It is crucially important to consider how to deal with human behavior and/or what is the presupposition for human behavior. The concept of Simon's bounded rationality has influenced modeling of human behavior. In this paper, the modeling framework for the system that consists of human behaviors is examined based on Simon's bounded rationality. While the assumption of perfect rationality results in “state description,” “process description” is derived from the assumption of bounded rationality. Also, planning or its properties are investigated from the Simon's studies on organization phenomena. Based on those Simon's studies and thoughts, process description as an implication to infrastructure planning is examined.
