Automating the Acquisition of Tactical Knowledge for Military Missions

The Journal of Defense Modeling and Simulation: Applications, Methodology, Technology

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 145-160

  Gonzalez, Avelino J ^a   Castro, Jose ^b   Gerber, William ^c  

^a University of Central Florida   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^c DYNAMICS RESEARCH CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Automated knowledge acquisition; knowledge engineering facilitators; knowledge engineering tools

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993734747     PISSN: 15485129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/875647930500200303     Document Type: Article

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