Improving military readiness: Evaluation and prediction of performance to optimize training effectiveness

Individual and Team Skill Decay: The Science and Implications for Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 153-175

  Jastrzembski, Tiffany S ^a   Portrey, Antoinette M ^a   Schreiber, Brian T ^b   Gluck, Kevin A ^a  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Lumir Research Institute   (United States)

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EID: 84918876573     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203576076     Document Type: Chapter

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