Introduction -- Problems of method -- Forebears -- Project Cadillac -- Navy laboratories, facilities, and contractors -- Research in air defense for the Air Force -- Electronics research laboratories -- RAND's systems research laboratory -- Studies of Army operations -- Ohio State University air traffic control experiments -- System development corporation field experiments -- Coordinated science laboratory -- RAND's logistics systems laboratory -- Combat development experimentation center -- CAA and FAA air traffic control research -- Operational applications laboratory -- System development corporation laboratory experiments -- Applied physics laboratory -- MITRE corporation simulation-based testing -- Institute for defense analyses communication studies --Decision-making research -- Other areas: vehicle driving, response- to-disaster, ICBM launch, aircraft navigation, and space flight -- Related research: systems testing, small-group studies, gaming, and all-computer simulation -- Man- machine system experiments in systems research: commentary-- Objectives, strategies, and accomplishments -- Appendix A : Experimental facility proposals -- Appendix B : Guides to methodology -- Appendix C : Generalizations.