How analysts think (): Early observations

Proceedings - 2014 IEEE Joint Intelligence and Security Informatics Conference, JISIC 2014

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 296-299

  Wong, B L William ^a  

^a MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

abductive inference; analytic reasoning; intelligence analysis; thinking and reasoning

Indexed keywords

ABDUCTIVE INFERENCE; ANALYTIC REASONINGS; INTELLIGENCE ANALYSIS; INTELLIGENCE ANALYSTS; KEY CHARACTERISTICS; REASONING PROCESS; THINKING AND REASONING; VISUAL INTERFACE;

INFORMATION ANALYSIS;

EID: 84920268674     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/JISIC.2014.59     Document Type: Conference Paper

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