John Boon

This title presents a unique approach to selecting and assembling disparate pieces of the information to produce a general understanding of a threat.

The authors develop a mathematical framework for assessing how information is processed in a human world. Assessing how technology contributes to information superiority and decision dominance a major challenge, in part because it demands quantitative measures for what are usually considered qualitative concepts. The authors have developed a mathematical framework to aid these efforts. Additional work, such as data fitting, experimentation, linking decisions and actions, historical analysis, and gaming will further advance knowledge in this area.

One-liner: Describes the background for and methods used in a study carried out to better understand how to develop leaders who possess the operational knowledge and technical skills needed to perform effectively in senior Air Force positions. 450-character abstract: Rand Project Air Force and the Air Force Senior Leader Management Office undertook a study to help improve the development of Air Force senior leaders. This report provides background information to put the methods developed in the study into context and describes how those methods were developed and used to address the need for an improved leadership development program.