The difficult problem of establishing measures of effectiveness for command and control: A systems engineering perspective

Systems Engineering

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 145-155

  Sproles, Noel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

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EID: 23744485190     PISSN: 10981241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sys.1012     Document Type: Article

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