An examination of the modeling processes used in data analysis of the reserve component of the American military. LC got this wrong--Martin and Irvine are the authors, not the editors. Their study reviews the experience of eight leading industrial nations in identifying and exploiting research that is likely to yield economic and social benefits in the medium to long term. They also propose a framework for making more effective use of research foresight in the policy process. Distributed by Columbia U. Press. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR