Douglas P. Metzler

Associate Professor
Information Science and Telecommunications
University of Pittsburgh

Room 711 SIS
metzler@sis.pitt.edu
412-624-9414

Publications

Refereed Publications

V. Payne, and D. M. Metzler (2005) Hospital Care Watch (HCW), An Ontology and Rule-based Intelligent Patient Management Assistant. In: Proceedings of The 18th IEEE International Symposium on Computer-Based Medical Systems (IEEE CBMS 2005), June 23-24, 2005 at Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland

C. Martincic and D. P. Metzler (2005) An expert system development environment for introductory AI course projects. The Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges, The proceedings of the Tenth Annual Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges Northeastern Conference, Providence College, Providence, RI, April 22 - 23, 2005

V. Kolluri, F. Provost, B. Buchanan, and D. P. Metzler (2004) Knowledge discovery using concept-class taxonomies. In: Geoffrey I. Webb, and Xinghuo Yu, eds. AI 2004: Advances in Artificial Intelligence, Proceedings of 17th Australian Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Cairns, Australia, December 4-6, 2004

C. J. Martincic and D. P. Metzler (2003) An Exploratory learning environment based on hypothetical and negative question answering facilities. In Mendez-Vilas and Mesa Gonzales, eds. Advances in Technology-based Education: Towards a Knowledge-based Society, Proceeding of 2nd International Conference on Multimedia and Information and Communication Technologies in Education, Badajoz, Spain, December 3-6, 2003

C. J. Martincic and D. P. Metzler (1999) A framework for authoring tools for explanation mechanisms in ITS. In: S. P. Lajoie and M. Vivets, eds. Artificial Intelligence in Education: Open Learning Environments. Amsterdam: IOS Press, 738-740. Proceedings of Artificial Intelligence in Education 1999, Le Mans, France, July 19-23 1999

D. P. Metzler and C. J. Martincic (1998) QUE: Explanation through exploration. Expert Systems with Applications. 15(3-4), 253-263

D. P. Metzler and C. J. Martincic (1998) Explanatory mechanisms for intelligent tutoring systems. In: Barry P. Goettl, Henry M. Halff, Carol L. Redfield & Valerie J. Shute eds. Intelligent Tutoring Systems: 4th International Conference: ITS'98. Springer Verlag, 136-145

V. Kolluri and D. P. Metzler (1999) Knowledge Guided Rule Learning. Proceedings of Annual Meeting of American Society for Information Science, Nov. 1999

D. P. Metzler and C. J. Martincic (1998) Que: Explanation Through Exploration. In: Proceedings of Fourth World Congress on Expert Systems Mexico City, March, 1998

D. P. Metzler and C. J. Martincic (1998) Explanatory Mechanisms for Intelligent Tutoring Systems. In: Goettl, Halff, Redfield & Shute eds. Intelligent Tutoring Systems. Springer-Verlag, Berlin

L. Comfort, D. P. Metzler, Y. Sungu, M. Dunn, L. Selavo, K. Brown, & J. Myung (1998) An Interactive Intelligent Spatial Information System (IISIS) For Disaster Management: A Community Model for Hazardous Material. In: Proceedings of Eighteenth Annual Environmental System Research Institute (ESRI) International User Conference, San Diego, July 27-31, 1998

L. Comfort, D. P. Metzler, Y. Sungu, M. Dunn, L. Selavo, K. Brown, & J. Myung (1998) An Interactive Intelligent Spatial Information System (IISIS) For Disaster Management: A Community Model. In: Proceedings of TIEMS conference (Technology and International Emergency Management Systems) Washington, DC, May, 1998

C. J. Martincic and D. P. Metzler (1995) Explanation and Human Computer Interaction. In: Proceedings of 5th. International Symposium on Systems Research, Informatics and Cybernetics Baden-Baden Germany, 1995

D. P. Metzler and C. J. Martincic (1995) Explanation of Negative and Hypothetical Questions in a Rule-Based Reasoning System. In: Proceedings of 5th. International Symposium on Systems Research, Informatics and Cybernetics Baden-Baden Germany, 1995

D. P. Metzler and T. Ghiselli-Crippa (1994) "Why not?" Explaining plausible or near-miss mistaken beliefs in a rule-based reasoning system. In: Proceedings of Latin American Conference on Information Science, Mexico City, September, 1994

D. P. Metzler, S. W. Haas, C. L. Cosic, & C. A. Weise. (1990) Conjunction, Ellipsis, and Discontinuous Constituents in the Constituent Object Parser. Information Processing and Management 26(1), 53-71

D. P. Metzler (1990) Connectionist and Symbolic Information Processing: A Critical Analysis and Suggested Research Agenda for Connectionism from the Symbolic Perspective. In: Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Information Science Toronto Canada, November, 1990

D. P. Metzler (1990) Artificial intelligence: What will they think of next? In F. W. Lancaster & L. Smith eds. Artificial Intelligence and Expert Systems: Will They Change the Library? University of Illinois, 1992, pgs. 2-49

S. W. Haas & D. P. Metzler (1989) The Flexibility of Case Grammar Representations: A Porting Procedure for Natural Language Interfaces. International Journal of Man-Machine Studies 31, 535-556

D. P. Metzler, S. W. Haas, C. L. Cosic, and L. H. Wheeler (1989) Constituent Object Parsing for Information Retrieval and Similar Text Processing Problems. Journal of the American Society for Information Science 40(6), 398-423

D. P. Metzler and Stephanie W. Haas (1989) The Constituent Object Parser: Syntactic Structure Matching for Information Retrieval. ACM Transactions on Information Systems 7(3) 292-316

D. P. Metzler (1989) Design Requirements and an Architecture for Intelligent Interactive Workbenches. In: Proceedings of the 1989 Annual Meeting of the American Society for Information Science Washington, October, 1989

D. P. Metzler and S. W. Haas (1989) Constituent Object Parsing and the Detection and Diagnosis of Writing Errors. In: Proceedings of the 1989 Annual Meeting of the American Society for Information Science Washington, October, 1989

D. P. Metzler & S. W. Haas (1989) A Syntactic Filter for Improving Information Retrieval Precision. In: Proceedings of the 1989 Annual Meeting of the American Society for Information Science Washington, October, 1989

D. P. Metzler & S. W. Haas (1989) The Constituent Object Parser: Syntactic Structure Matching for Information Retrieval. In: N. Belkin and C.J. van Rijsbergen eds. Proceedings of the Twelfth Annual International Conference on Research and Development in Information Retrieval sponsored by ACM SIGIR, BCS-IRSG (UK), ACIA (Italy), GI (FRG), INRIA (France), Cambridge MA, June, 1989

D. P. Metzler (1989) Explanation in an Open Architecture for Interactive Intelligent Workbenches. In: Proceedings of the Fourth Annual Rocky Mountain Conference on Artificial Intelligence Denver, June, 1989

D. P. Metzler and J. Williams (1988) ISLAND: An Intelligent System for Local Area Network Design. In: Z. Ras, and L. Saitta, eds. Methodologies for Intelligent Systems 3 North Holland, 1988, pgs 122-131

S. W. Haas and D. P. Metzler (1988) Case Grammar Interpretation and the Portability of Natural Language Interfaces. In: Emrich, Ras, Salita amd Phifer eds. Proceedings of the Third International Symposium on Methodologies for Intelligent Systems Turin Italy, October, 1988, Oak Ridege National Laboratory, July, 1988, pgs 3-12

S. Shepard and D. P. Metzler (1988) Mental Rotation: Effects of Dimensionality of Objects and Type of Task. (i>Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance 1988, 14(1), 3-11

S. W. Haas and D. P. Metzler (1988) A Flexible Approach to Case Grammar and the Portability of Natural Language Interfaces. In: Proceedings of the Third Annual Rocky Mountain Conference on Artificial Intelligence Denver, June, 1988

L. Wheeler and D. P. Metzler (1986) Using a Flexible Parsing Architecture for Error Detection in English. In: Fourth Annual Conference on Computers and Writing Pittsburgh, May, 1986

D. P. Metzler, T. Noreault, D. F. Haas, and C. Cosic (1985) An Expert System Approach to Natural Language Processing. In: Proceedings of the annual meeting of the American Society for Information Science Las Vegas, October, 1985

W. Jamison and D. P. Metzler (1985) An Expert System for Statistical Consulting. In: Proceedings of the annual meeting of the American Society for Information Science Las Vegas, October, 1985

C. Cosic, D. P. Metzler, and J. Williams (1985) Artificial Intelligence Techniques in the Detection and Diagnosis of Network Problems. In: Proceedings of the annual meeting of the American Society for Information Science Las Vegas, October, 1985

D. F. Haas & D. P. Metzler (1985) Intelligent Systems Approaches to Statistical Software. Proceedings of the annual meeting of the American Society for Information Science Las Vegas, October, 1985

D. P. Metzler, T. Noreault, C. Cosic, & D. F. Haas (1985) An Expert System Approach to Natural Language Processing. In: Proceedings of the Oakland Conference on Intelligent Systems and Machines Oakland Michigan, April, 1985

D. P. Metzler, T. Noreault, L. Richey and B. Heidorn (1984) Dependency Parsing for Information Retrieval. In: C. J. van Rijsbergen ed. Research and Development in Information Retrieval Cambridge University Press, 1984

D. P. Metzler, T. Noreault & B. Heidorn (1983) Syntactic Parsing for Information Retrieval. In: Proceedings of the annual meeting of the American Society for Information Science Washington, October, 1983 N. Kroll and D. P. Metzler (1982) Repetition Between and Within Processing Domains. In: F. Klix, J. Hoffmann and E. van der Meer eds. Cognitive Research in Psychology. VEB Deutscher Verlag de Wissenschaften, Berlin, 1982

D. P. Metzler (1982) Bilingualism and Mental Representation. In: Proceedings of the annual meeting of the American Society for Information Science Columbus, October 1982

Douglas Metzler (1982) Memory and Levels of Human Information Processing. In: Proceedings of the annual meeting of the American Society for Information Science Columbus, October 1982 R. Berrian, D. P. Metzler, N. Kroll and G. Meyers (1979) Estimates of Imagery, Ease-of-Definition and Animateness for 328 Adjectives. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Learning and Memory 5(4), 435-447

Invited Talks and Presentations

D. P. Metzler (1997) Artificial Intelligence, Transforming Technologies and the Future of Libraries Invited presentation at Organizing Information in the 20th Century, A Symposium in Honor of Arlene Taylor May 30, 1997

D. P. Metzler (1996) Artificial Intelligence, Transforming Technologies and the Future of Libraries Invited presentation at Joint Annual Conference of Library and Information Technology Association and Library Administration and Management Association (LITA/LAMA), 1996

D. P. Metzler (1996) Exploration and Explanation of Belief and Action Discrepancies in a Rule-Based Intelligent System In: Proceedings of the Workshop on Cognitive Diagnosis and Student Assessment Sponsored by the Naval Air Warfare Center and the Office of Naval Research, Ocober, 1996

D. P. Metzler (1994) Question Answering and Explanation Invited presentation at: annual meeting of the American Society for Information Science Pittsburgh, November, 1994

D. P. Metzler (1992) Issues in Natural Language Analysis Invited presentation at: annual meeting of the American Society for Information Science Pittsburgh, November, 1992

D. P. Metzler (1992) Artificial Intelligence and Intelligent Worskstations Invited presentation at: annual meeting of the American Society for Information Science Pittsburgh, November, 1992

D. P. Metzler (1990) Introduction to Artificial Intelligence one day continuing education course held in conjunction with the annual meeting of American Society for Information Science, Toronto Canada, November 4-8, 1990

D. P. Metzler (1990) Developing Expert Systems one day continuing education course held in conjunction with the annual meeting of American Society for Information Science, Toronto Canada, November 4-8, 1990

D. P. Metzler (1990) Knowledge Representation, Common Sense Reasoning and the Future of Intelligent Systems, Invited address presented to the Conference Intelligent Systems: A Framework for the Future sponsored by the Special Libraries Association, Washington DC, October 22-24, 1990

D. P. Metzler (1990) Expert System Design and Development one day continuing education course held in conjunction with the annual meeting of the Special Libraries Association Pittsburgh, June 9-10, 1990

D. P. Metzler (1990) Artificial Intelligence: What Will They Think of Next? Keynote Address: presented to University of Illinois Conference, Artificial Intelligence and Expert Systems: Will They Change the Library March 25-27, 1990

D. P. Metzler (1989) Introduction to Artificial Intelligence and Expert Systems One day continuing education course held in conjunction with the annual meeting of the American Society for Information Science, Washington October 29, 1989

D. P. Metzler (1988) Introduction to Artificial Intelligence and Expert Systems One day continuing education course held in conjunction with the annual meeting of the American Society for Information Science, Atlanta, October 23, 1988

D. P. Metzler (1988) Constituent Object Parsing Invited presentation held as part of the Texas Instruments "AI University Researchers" program held at the Annual meeting of the American Association for Artificial Intelligence August 23 & 24, 1988

D. P. Metzler (1988) Syntactic Structures for Query Construction and Matching invited talk presented to the conference of the Special Libraries Association Denver, June 14, 1988.

D. P. Metzler (1988) Introduction to Artificial Intelligence and Expert Systems One day continuing education course held in conjunction with Artificial Intelligence: Expert Systems and Other Applications a conference of the American Society of Information Science Ann Arbor Michigan, May 15, 1988

D. P. Metzler (1987) Research in Flexible Knowledge Representations invited talk presented at the annual meeting of the American Society for Information Science Boston, MA, October 10, 1987

D. P. Metzler, S. W Haas, C. Cosic and L. Wheeler (1987) Constituent Object Parsing and Using Dependency Trees to Improve Information Retrieval Precision Invited talk presented at a colloquium on NSF sponsored research, held at the annual meeting of the American Society for Information Science Boston MA, October 9, 1987

D. P. Metzler (1987) Invited Workshop Participant: Information Science and Technology: Assessment for Research A three day conference on U.S. Army needs and future concerns in the Information Management Area, sponsored by Department of Army, Assistant Chief of Staff for Information Management, Leesburg Virginia, April 13-15, 1987

D. P. Metzler (1987) Artificial Intelligence in Telecommunications Invited address presented at TELECOM87, the convention of the Telecommunications Management Association Pittsburgh, April 8, 1987

D. P. Metzler (1987) Introduction to Artificial Intelligence and Expert Systems half day continuing education course presented at the annual meeting of the Special Libraries Association February 1, 1987, Pittsburgh

D. P. Metzler (1986) Introduction to Artificial Intelligence one day continuing education courses presented at the annual meeting of the American Society for Information Science September 27, 1986, Chicago, IL.

D. P. Metzler (1986) Introduction to Expert Systems one day continuing education courses presented at the annual meeting of the American Society for Information Science September 28, 1986, Chicago, IL.

D. P. Metzler (1985) Introduction to Artificial Intelligence and Expert Systems one day continuing education courses presented at the annual meeting of the American Society for Information Science October 19, 1985, Las Vegas Nevada.

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