Ready for battle? A phenomenological study of military simulation systems

Journal of Computer Information Systems

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 33-40

  Cane, Sheila ^a   Mccarthy, Richard ^b   Halawi, Leila ^b  

^a MITRE CORPORATION   (United States)

^b QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Military simulation; Qualitative research; Task technology fit

Indexed keywords

MILITARY OFFICERS; MILITARY SIMULATION; MILITARY SIMULATION SYSTEMS; MILITARY TRAINING; OPERATIONAL PROCEDURES; PHENOMENOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TASK TECHNOLOGY FIT;

TECHNOLOGY;

RESEARCH;

EID: 77953011063     PISSN: 08874417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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