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Solar soldier: virtual reality simulations and guidelines for the integration of photovoltaic technology on the modern infantry soldier

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Solar soldier: virtual reality simulations and guidelines for the integration of photovoltaic technology on the modern infantry soldier. / Paraskevopoulos, Ioannis; Tsekleves, Emmanuel.
Simulation and modeling methodologies, technologies and applications . ed. / Mohammad Obaidat; Joaquim Filipe; Janusz Kacprzyk; Nuno Pina. Vol. 256 Berlin: Springer, 2014. p. 141-154 (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing; Vol. 256).

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Paraskevopoulos, I & Tsekleves, E 2014, Solar soldier: virtual reality simulations and guidelines for the integration of photovoltaic technology on the modern infantry soldier. in M Obaidat, J Filipe, J Kacprzyk & N Pina (eds), Simulation and modeling methodologies, technologies and applications . vol. 256, Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol. 256, Springer, Berlin, pp. 141-154. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-03581-9_10

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Paraskevopoulos, I., & Tsekleves, E. (2014). Solar soldier: virtual reality simulations and guidelines for the integration of photovoltaic technology on the modern infantry soldier. In M. Obaidat, J. Filipe, J. Kacprzyk, & N. Pina (Eds.), Simulation and modeling methodologies, technologies and applications (Vol. 256, pp. 141-154). (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing; Vol. 256). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-03581-9_10

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Paraskevopoulos I, Tsekleves E. Solar soldier: virtual reality simulations and guidelines for the integration of photovoltaic technology on the modern infantry soldier. In Obaidat M, Filipe J, Kacprzyk J, Pina N, editors, Simulation and modeling methodologies, technologies and applications . Vol. 256. Berlin: Springer. 2014. p. 141-154. (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing). doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-03581-9_10

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Paraskevopoulos, Ioannis ; Tsekleves, Emmanuel. / Solar soldier : virtual reality simulations and guidelines for the integration of photovoltaic technology on the modern infantry soldier. Simulation and modeling methodologies, technologies and applications . editor / Mohammad Obaidat ; Joaquim Filipe ; Janusz Kacprzyk ; Nuno Pina. Vol. 256 Berlin : Springer, 2014. pp. 141-154 (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing).

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