Research

Research Interests

  • Uncertainty in Artificial Intelligence
  • Knowledge-Based Systems, Bayesian Networks, and Valuation-Based Systems
  • Decision Analysis
  • Game Theory
  • Predictive Analytics

Research Grants and Contracts

  • University of Kansas Hospital, “A Refresh of the Model for Estimating Medicare/Supplemental Security Income Fraction for 340B Drug Pricing Program Qualification,” $49,000, October–November 2018.
  • Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company, “Belief Function Models for Space Situational Awareness,” $19,920, January–December 2018.
  • Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company, “Belief Function Models for Space Situational Awareness,” $18,398, April–December 2017.
  • Honeywell Federal Manufacturing and Technology, “Reducing Error in Purchase Order Forecasting Using Individualized Vendor Performance Models,” $119,993, July–December 2017, with S. Hillmer as co-principal investigator.
  • Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company, “Measuring Information Quality in Multi-Sensor Data Fusion Applications,” $24,675, June–September 2015.
  • American International Group, Inc., “Predicting Probabilities of Dismissal of 10b-5 Securities Class Action Cases,” $125,000, April–September 2015, with S. Hillmer as co-principal investigator.
  • University of Kansas Hospital, “A Model for Estimating Medicare/Supplemental Security Income Fraction for 340B Drug Pricing Program Qualification,” $50,000, March–June 2014, with S. Hillmer as co-principal investigator.
  • Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company, “A Principled Approach to Fusion and Inference Using the Valuation-Based Systems Framework,” $63,181, November 2013–August 2014.
  • Raytheon Missile Systems, Inc., “Multi-Sensor Fusion,” $50,027, August–December 2007.
  • Raytheon Missile Systems, Inc., “Belief Function Machine,” $45,053, January–June 2003.
  • Raytheon Missile Systems, Inc., “The Belief Machine: A MATLAB Environment for Belief Function Reasoning,” $80,447, January–December 2002.
  • Hughes Research Laboratories, “Decision Networks,” $20,000, January–December 1999.
  • Hughes Research Laboratories, “Multi-Sensor Fusion,” $35,000, January–December 1996.
  • Hughes Research Laboratories, “Multi-Sensor Fusion,” $20,000, January–December 1995.
  • University of Kansas General Research Fund, “A Decision Calculus for Spohn’s Theory of Epistemic Beliefs,” $4,500, 1994–1995.
  • National Science Foundation, Decision, Risk and Management Science Program, Award SES-9213558, “Valuation-Based Systems for Decision Analysis,” $50,000, 1992–1993.
  • University of Kansas General Research Fund and School of Business Research Fund, “A Qualitative Uncertainty Calculus,” $10,762, 1992–1993.
  • National Science Foundation, Research Experiences for Undergraduates Program, “Belief Functions in Artificial Intelligence,” $4,000, 1990–1991.
  • Apple Computer, Inc., Higher Education Academic Development Donations Program, Award Q290-039, “MacEvidence: A Visual Evidential Language for Building Expert Systems,” $12,437, 1990.
  • National Science Foundation, Database and Expert Systems Program, Award IRI-8902444, “Belief Functions in Artificial Intelligence,” $181,715, 1989–1991, with G. Shafer.
  • Peat Marwick Main Foundation, Research Opportunities in Auditing Program, Award 88-146, “Auditor’s Assistant: A Graphical Language for Expert Systems for Auditing,” $39,980, 1989–1990, with G. Shafer and R. Srivastava.
  • Peat Marwick Main Foundation, Research Opportunities in Auditing Program, Award 87-135, “Auditor’s Assistant: An Interactive System for Organizing and Evaluating Audit Judgments,” $39,499, 1988–1989, with G. Shafer and R. Srivastava.
  • National Science Foundation, Database and Expert Systems Program, Award IRI-8610293, “Belief Functions in Artificial Intelligence,” $247,862, 1986–1989, with G. Shafer.
  • Peat Marwick Main Foundation, Research Opportunities in Auditing Program, Award 85-180, “An Interactive Tool for Managing Uncertainty in Expert Systems for Auditing,” $36,663, 1986–1987, with G. Shafer and R. Srivastava.
  • University of Kansas General Research Fund and School of Business Research Fund, “A Competitive Economic Order Quantity Model,” $5,802, 1984–1985.
  • University of Kansas General Research Fund and School of Business Research Fund, “On Rawlsian Economic Justice,” $4,623, 1981–1982.
  • University of Kansas General Research Fund and School of Business Research Fund, “Measuring Power in Voting Systems,” $4,615, 1980–1981.
  • University of Kansas General Research Fund and School of Business Research Fund, “Group Decision Making Schemes,” $3,031, 1979–1980.