Donald
H. Kraft
Phone:
(719) 481-4843
E-mail:
kraft@csc.lsu.edu
Web: http://www.csc.lsu.edu/~kraft
Academic Employment
Experience:
2008
- Present
Professor
Emeritus,
1982
- 2008
Professor,
Department of Computer Science,
1983
- 2008
Adjunct
Professor of Library and Information Science,
2005
– 2007
Visiting
Distinguished Professor, Department of Computer Science, United States Air
Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colorado
Spring,
2007
Adjunct
Professor, Department of Computer Science,
Spring,
1994
Visiting
Professor,
1985
- 1991
Chairman,
Department of Computer Science,
1976
- 1982
Associate
Professor, Department of Computer Science,
1975
- 1976
Visiting
Assistant Professor,
Summer,
1972
Visiting
Assistant Professor,
1970
- 1975
Assistant
Professor,
1968
- 1970
Graduate
Teaching Instructor,
1965
- 1968
Graduate
Teaching Assistant,
Education:
Ph.D.
in industrial engineering (operations research), January 1971,
M.S.
in industrial engineering, June 1966,
B.S.
in industrial engineering, June 1965,
Publications:
Books:
Meadow,
C.T., Barry, C., Boyce, B.R., and Kraft, D.H., Text Information Retrieval
Systems, third edition, San Diego, CA: Academic Press, 2007
Meadow,
C.T., Boyce, B.R., and Kraft, D.H., Text Information Retrieval Systems,
second edition, San Diego, CA: Academic Press, 2000
Boyce,
B.R., Meadow, C.T., and Kraft, D.H., Measurement in Information Science,
Kraft,
D.H. and Boyce, B.R., Operations Research for Libraries and Information
Agencies: Techniques for the Evaluation of Management Decision Alternatives,
Book Chapters:
Borgogna, G.,
Kraft, D.H., and Pasi, G., “Soft Approaches to Information Access and
Retrieval,” in Pedrycz, W., Skowron, A., and Kreinovich, V. (Eds.), Handbook of
Granular Computing,
Chen, J., Kraft, D.H.,
Martin-Bautista, M.J., and Vila, M.-A., “Chapter 18: Induction and Inference
with Fuzzy Rules for Textual Information Retrieval,” in Triantaphyllou, E. and
Felici, G. (Eds.), Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery Approaches based on Rule
Induction Techniques, Massive Computing Series, Heidelberg, Germany: Springer,
2006, pp. 629-654
Kraft,
D.H., “Some Artificial Intelligence Approaches to Textual Information
Retrieval,” in Kacprzyk, J., Krawczak, M., and Zadrozny, S. (eds.), Issues
in Information Technology,
Kraft,
D.H., Chen, J., Martin-Bautista, M.J., and Vila, M.A., "Textual
Information Retrieval with User Profiles Using Fuzzy Clustering and
Inferencing," in Szczepaniak, S., Segovia, J., Kacprzyk, J., and Zadeh,
L.A. (eds.), Intelligent Exploration of the Web, Heidelberg, Germany:
Physica-Verlag, 2002
Srinivasan,
P., Kraft, D., and Chen, J., "Rough and Fuzzy Sets for Data Mining of a
Controlled Vocabulary for Textual Retrieval," in Crestani, F. and Pasi, G.
(eds.), Soft Computing in Information Retrieval: Techniques and Applications,
Chen,
J., Mikulcic, A., and Kraft, D.H., "An Integrated Approach to Information
Retrieval with Fuzzy Clustering and Fuzzy Inferencing," in Pons, O., Vila,
M.A., and Kacprzyk, J. (eds.), Knowledge Management in Fuzzy Databases,
Heidelberg, Germany: Physica-Verlag, 2000
Kraft,
D.H., Bordogna, G., and Pasi, G., "Fuzzy Set Techniques in Information
Retrieval," in Bezdek, J.C., Didier, D. and Prade, H. (eds.), Fuzzy
Sets in Approximate Reasoning and Information Systems, vol. 3, The Handbook
of Fuzzy Sets Series, Norwell, MA: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1999
Kraft,
D.H. and Monk, D., "Applications of Fuzzy Computation - Information
Retrieval: A Case Study with the CASHE:PVS System," in Ruspini, E.,
Bonissone, P., and Pedrycz, W. (eds.), Handbook of Fuzzy Computation,
Part G: Fuzzy Computation in Practice, G14.2: Information Science,
Kraft,
D.H., Petry, F.E., Buckles, B.P., and Sadasivan, T., "Genetic Algorithms
for Query Optimization in Information Retrieval: Relevance Feedback," in
Sanchez, E., Shibata, T., and Zadeh,
Petry,
F.E., Buckles, B.P., Kraft, D.H., Prabhu, D., and Sadasivan, T., "The Use
of Genetic Programming to Build Queries for Information Retrieval,"
Section G2.1, in Baeck, T., Fogel, D., and Michalewicz, Z. (eds.), Handbook
of Evolutionary Computation, New York: Oxford University Press, 1997, pp.
1-6
Kraft,
D.H., Petry, F.E., Buckles, B.P., and Sadasivan, T, "Applying Genetic
Algorithms to Information Retrieval Systems Via Relevance Feedback," in
Bosc, P. and Kacprzyk, J. (eds.), Fuzziness in Database Management Systems,
Studies in Fuzziness Series, Heidelberg, Germany: Physica-Verlag, 1995, pp.
330-344
Kraft,
D.H. and Boyce, B.R., "Approaches to Intelligent Information
Retrieval," in Petry, F.E. and Delcambre, M.L. (eds.), Advances in
Databases and Artificial Intelligence, volume 1: Intelligent Database
Technology: Approaches and Applications, Greenwich, CT: JAI Press, 1995, pp.
243-261
Kraft,
D.H., Wallace, D.P., Van Fleet, C., and
Nagelberg,
K.M. and Kraft, D.H., "News Story Generation
with Hard Copy and Magnetic Media Information Sources: The Impact of
Information Technology," Information and Behavior, IV, Special
Issue on "Studies in the Relationships Between Communication and
Information," 1993
Boyce,
B.R. and Kraft, D.H., "Principles and Theories in Information
Science," in Williams, M. (ed.), Annual Review of Information Science
and Technology, v. 20, Knowledge Industry Publications, Inc., White Plains,
NY, 1985, pp. 153-178
Kraft,
D.H., "Advances in Information Retrieval: Where is That /#*%@^ Record?,”
in Yovits, M. (ed.), Advances in Computers, v. 24, Academic Press, New
York, 1985, pp. 277-318
Kraft,
D.H. and Buell, D.A., "Fuzzy Sets and Generalized Boolean Retrieval
Systems," In Dubois, D., Prade, H, and Yager, R. (eds.), Readings in
Fuzzy Sets for Intelligent Systems, San Mateo, CA: Morgan Kaufmann
Publishers, 1992 (reprint)
Kraft,
D.H. and McDonald, D., "Library Operations Research: Its Past and Our
Future," in Hammer, D. (ed.), The Information Age: Its Development, Its
Impact, Scarecrow Press,
Buckland,
M.K. and Kraft, D.H., "A Bibliography of Operations Research in
Libraries," in Brophy, P., Buckland, M.K., and Hindle, A. (eds.), Reader
in Operations Research for Libraries, Information Handling Services,
Englewood, CO, 1976
Refereed Journal
Articles:
Zins, C., Debons, A., Beghtol, C., Buckland,
M.,
Kraft,
D.H., Martin-Bautista, M.J., Chen, J., and Sanchez, D., "Rules and Fuzzy
Rules in Text: Concept, Extraction and Usage,” Special Issue on Soft Computing
Applications to Intelligent Information Retrieval on the Internet, International
Journal of Approximate Reasoning, v. 34, n. 2-3, 2003, pp. 145-162
Martin-Bautista,
M.J., Kraft, D.H.,
Sanchez,
S.N., Triantaphyllou, E., and Kraft, D.H., "A Feature mining Based
Approach for the Classification of Text Documents into Disjoint Classes," Information
Processing and Management, v. 38, n. 4, 2002, pp. 583-604
Srinivasan,
P., Kraft, Ruiz, M., Kraft D.H., and Chen, J., "Vocabulary Mining for
Information Retrieval: Rough Sets and Fuzzy Sets," Information
Processing and Management, 37, 2001, pp. 15-38
Petry,
F.E. and Kraft, D.H., "Managing Uncertainty in Databases and Information
Retrieval Systems," Fuzzy Sets and Systems, v. 90, 1998, pp.
183-191
Kraft,
D.H., Bordogna, G. and Pasi, G., "An Extended Fuzzy Linguistic Approach to
Generalize Boolean Information Retrieval," Journal of Information
Sciences, v. 2, n. 3, November, 1994, pp. 119-134
Cater,
Steven C. and Kraft, D.H., "TIRS: A Topological Information Retrieval
System Satisfying the Requirements of the Waller-Kraft Wish List," Information
Processing and Management, v. 25, 1989, pp. 15-25
Wallace,
D.P., Boyce, B.R., and Kraft, D.H., "Estimating Effective Display Size in
Online Retrieval Systems," Information Processing and Management,
v. 24, 1988, pp. 331-337
Haas,
D.F. and Kraft, D.H., "Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Designs for
Research in Information Science," Information Processing and Management,
v. 20, 1984, pp. 229-237
Kraft,
D.H. and Buell, D.A., "Fuzzy Sets and Generalized Boolean Retrieval
Systems," International Journal of Man-Machine Studies, v. 19,
1983, pp. 45-56
Waller,
W.G. and Kraft, D.H., "A Bayesian Approach to User Stopping Rules for
Information Retrieval Systems," Information Processing and Management,
v. 17, 1981, pp. 349-361
Buell,
D.A. and Kraft, D.H., "Threshold Values and Boolean Retrieval
Systems," Information Processing and Management, v. 17, 1981, pp.
127-136
Buell,
D.A. and Kraft, D.H., "A Model for a Weighted Retrieval System," Journal
of the American Society for Information Science, v. 32, 1981, pp. 211-216
Kraft,
D.H., "Journal Selection Models: Past and Present," Collection
Management, v. 3, 1980, pp. 163-186
Kraft,
D.H. and Lee, T., "Stopping Rules and Their Effect on Expected Search
Length," Information Processing and Management, v. 15, 1979, pp.
47-58
Kraft,
D.H. and Liesener, J.W., "Planning and Budgeting for School Media Programs
at the Building, District, and Regional Levels: O.R. in the Little Red
Schoolhouse," Journal of the American Society for Information Science,
v. 30, 1979, pp. 41-50
Waller,
W.G. and Kraft, D.H., "A Mathematical Model of a Weighted Boolean
Retrieval System," Information Processing and Management, v. 15,
1979, pp. 235-245
Kraft,
D.H. and Bookstein, A., "Evaluation of Information Retrieval Systems: A
Decision Theory Approach," Journal of the American Society for
Information Science, v. 29, 1978, pp. 31-40
Kraft,
D.H. and Polacsek, R.A., "A Journal Worth Measure for a Journal Selection
Model," Collection Management, v. 2, 1978, pp. 129-140
Kraft,
D.H., "A Comment on a Threshold Rule Applied to the Retrieval Decision
Model," Journal of the American Society for Information Science, v.
29, 1978, pp. 77-80
Bookstein,
A. and Kraft, D.H., "Operations Research Applied to Document Indexing and
Retrieval Decisions," Journal of the Association for Computing Machinery,
v. 24, 1977, pp. 418-427
Kraft,
D.H. and McDonald, D., "Library Operations Research: A Bibliography and
Commentary on the Literature," Information Reports and Bibliographies,
v. 6, 1977, pp. 2-10
Greenberg,
H.J. and Kraft, D.H., "On Computing a Buy/Copy Policy Using the Pitt-Kraft
Model," Information Processing and Management, v. 13, 1977, pp.
125-134
Kraft,
D.H., Polacsek, R.A., Burns, K., Klair, A., and Soergel, L., "Journal
Selection Decisions: A Biomedical Library Operations Research Model I. The
Framework," Bulletin of the Medical Library Association, v. 64,
1976, pp. 255-264
Kraft,
D.H. and Polacsek, R.A., "Biomedical Literature Dynamics," Methods
of Information in Medicine, v. 13, 1974, pp. 242-248
Kraft,
D.H., Rush, B., and Steinberg, S., "Journal Disposition Decision
Policies," Journal of the American Society for Information Science,
v. 25, 1974, pp. 213-217
Pitt
W.B., Heilprin, L.B., and Kraft, D.H., "Buy or Copy? A Library Operations
Research Model," Information Processing and Management, v. 10,
1974, pp. 331-341
Kraft,
D.H. and Hill, T.W., Jr., "A Journal Selection Model and Its Implications
for Librarians," Information Processing and Management, v. 9, 1973,
pp. 1-11
Kraft,
D.H., "A Decision Theory View of the Information Retrieval Situation: An
Operations Research Approach," Journal of the American Society for
Information Science, v. 24, 1973, pp. 368-376
Kraft,
D.H. and Hill, T.W., Jr., "The Journal Selection Problem in a University
Library System," Management Science, v. 19, 1973, pp. 613-626
Olson,
E.E., Liesener, J.W., and Kraft, D.H., "An Educational Model for Library
Problem-Solving: Teaming Librarians, Students, and Faculty," Special
Libraries, v. 63, 1972, pp. 231-234
Kraft,
D.H., "A Comment on the Morse-Elston Model of Probabilistic Obsolescence,"
Operations Research, v. 18, 1970, pp. 1228-1233
Refereed Conference
Presentations:
Baird,
L. and Kraft, D.H., “A New Approach for Boolean Query Processing in Text
Information Retrieval,” Special Session 3SS: The Application of Fuzzy Logic and
Soft Computing in Flexible Querying, IFSA 2007 World Congress,
Balasubramanian,
M., Perkins,
Martin-Bautista,
M.J., Kraft, D.H.,
Kraft,
D.H., Chen, J., and Mikulcic, A., "Combining Fuzzy Clustering and Fuzzy
Inferencing in Information Retrieval," FUZZ-IEEE 2000, San Antonio, TX,
May 2000
Kraft,
D.H. and Chen, J., "Integrating and Extending Fuzzy Clustering and
Inferencing to Improve Text Retrieval Performance," invited paper, Larsen,
H.L., Kacprzyk, J., Zadrozny, S., Andreasen, T., and Christiansen, H. (eds.), Flexible
Query Answering Systems: Recent Advances, Proceedings of the Fourth
International Conference on Flexible Query Answering Systems, FQAS'2000,
Warsaw, Poland, October 2000, Advances in Soft Computing, Heidelberg, Germany:
Physica-Verlag
Srinivasan,
P. and Kraft, D.H., "Data Mining Via Rough Sets and Fuzzy Sets of a
Controlled Vocabulary for Information Retrieval," invited paper,
EUROFUSE-SIC'99, Budapest, Hungary, May, 1999
Kraft,
D.H., Bordogna, G., and Pasi, G., "Information Retrieval Systems: Where is
the Fuzz?," presentation at the IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy
Systems,
Fanduiz,
G., Krishnan, M., Prada, Y., Buckles, B., Kraft, D., and Petry, F.,
"Niching Genetic Algorithm Approach to Query Improvement for Information
Retrieval," presentation at the International Fuzzy Systems Association
(IFSA) Conference, Prague, Czech Republic, June, 1997
Biron,
P.V. and Kraft, D.H., "Sub-Symbolic Approaches to Information
Retrieval," invited presentation, IEEE Systems, Man and Cybernetics (SMC)
Conference, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, October, 1995, Proceedings
Biron,
P.V. and Kraft, D.H., "New Methods for Relevance Feedback," ACM
Symposium on Applied Computing,
Kraft,
D.H. and Barry, C., "Relevance in Textual Retrieval," American
Association for Artificial Intelligence (AAAI), AAAI-94 Fall Symposium -
Relevance, New Orleans, LA, November, 1994, Working Notes
Kraft,
D.H., Petry, F.E., Buckles, B.P., and Sadasivan, T., "The Use of Genetic
Programming to Build Queries for Information Retrieval," IEEE Symposium on
Evolutionary Computation,
Buckles,
B.P., Kraft, D.H., Petry, F.E., Sadasivan, T., and Prabhu, D., "Die
Konstruktion unscharfer Abragen mittels genetischer Agorithmen," 2.
Beckmannkolloquium,
Kraft,
D.H., Petry, F.E., Buckles, B.P., and Sadasivan, T., "Automatic
Construction of Fuzzy Queries for Information Retrieval," lecture given at
Kraft,
D.H., Petry, F.E., Buckles, B.P., Sadasivan, T., and Prabhu, D.,
"Construction of Boolean Queries for Document Retrieval Via Genetic
Programming," AISB Workshop on Evolutionary Computing,
Petry,
F.E., Buckles, B.P., and Kraft, D.H., "Optimizing Boolean Queries with
Relevance," presented at the American Society for Information Science
(ASIS) annual meeting,
Petry,
F.E., Buckles, B.P., Kraft, D.H., and Prabhu, D., "Genetic Algorithms for
Fuzzy Boolean Information Retrieval," presented at the North American
Fuzzy Information Processing Society (NAFIPS) meeting,
Kraft,
D.H., Bordogna, G. and Pasi, G., "An Extended Fuzzy Linguistic Approach to
Generalize Boolean Information Retrieval," invited paper, First
International Institute on Fuzzy Theory and Technology,
Kraft,
D.H., Wallace, D.P., Van Fleet, C., and
Iyengar,
S.S., Rao, S.V.N., and Kraft, D.H., The Multiple Attribute Tree as an Index
Structure for Large Bibliographic Files," presented at the Third
International Conference on Informetrics,
Carver,
D.L. and Kraft, D.H., "Size and Complexity of Information Retrieval
Issues," presented at the Workshop on Size and Complexity Problems in
Information Worlds, ACM/SIGCHI CHI'91 Conference,
Zou,
Zhen B. and Kraft, D.H., "Phrase-Based Indexing and Document Ranks for
Retrieval Systems," presented at the NAFIPS '90 Conference (A Quarter
Century of Fuzziness), Toronto, Ontario, June, 1990, Proceedings
Cater,
Steven C. and Kraft, D.H., "TIRS: A Topological Information Retrieval
System Satisfying the Requirements of the Waller-Kraft Wish List,"
presented at the ACM/SIGIR International Conference on Research and Development
in Information Retrieval, New Orleans, LA, June, 1987, Proceedings
Wallace,
D.P., Boyce, B.R., and Kraft, D.H., "Estimating Effective Display Size in
Online Retrieval Systems," presented at the ACM/SIGIR International
Conference on Research and Development in Information Retrieval,
Kraft,
D.H., Boyce, B.R., Wallace, D.P., and Howden, N., "A Multi-Level Approach
to Library Automation Education," paper presented at the Association for
Library and Information Science Education meeting,
Radecki,
T. and Kraft, D.H., "Incorporation of System-User Adaptation Mechanisms
into Fuzzy Information Retrieval Procedures," in Bandler, W. and Kandel,
A. (eds.), Recent Developments in the Theory and Applications of Fuzzy Sets,
Proceedings of NAFIPS '86 Conference, New Orleans, LA, 1986
Kundu,
S., Radecki, T., and Kraft, D.H., "A Method for Incorporating User
Viewpoints in Information Retrieval Systems," paper presented at the First
IFSA (International Fuzzy Systems Association) Congress, Palma de Mallorca,
Spain, July, 1985, Proceedings
Radecki,
T. and Kraft, D.H., "Incorporating Relevance Feedback into Fuzzy
Information Retrieval Procedures," paper presented at the First IFSA
(International Fuzzy Systems Association) Congress, Palma de Mallorca, Spain,
July 1985, Proceedings
Kraft,
D.H., "Fuzzy Sets and Generalized Boolean Retrieval Systems: A Brief
Review," paper presented at a panel session, ACM/SIGIR International
Conference on Research and Development in Information Retrieval, Montreal,
Quebec, Canada, June, 1985, Proceedings
Kraft,
D.H. and Buell, D.A., "Advances in a Bayesian Decision Model of User
Stopping Behavior for Scanning the Output of an Information Retrieval
System," paper presented at the International Conference on Research and
Development in Information Retrieval, in van Rijsbergen, C.J. (ed.), Research
and Development in Information Retrieval: Proceedings of the third joint BCS
and ACM symposium, King's College, Cambridge 2-6 July, 1984, Cambridge
University Press, Cambridge, England, 1984
Haas,
D.F. and Kraft, D.H., "Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Designs for
Research in Information Science," invited paper presented at the Symposium
on Empirical Foundations of Information and Software Science, Preprints,
Kraft,
D.H. and Buell, D.A., "Fuzzy Sets and Generalized Boolean Retrieval
Systems," invited paper presented at the NAFIPS Conference,
Buell,
D.A. and Kraft, D.H., "LIARS: A Software Environment for Testing Query
Processing Strategies," paper presented at the Fifth International
Conference on Research and Development in Information Retrieval, West Berlin,
Germany, 1982, in Salton, G. and Schneider, H.-J. (eds.), Lecture Notes in
Computer Science 146: Research and Development in Information Retrieval,
Proceedings,
Kraft,
D.H. and Buell, D.A., "Generalizations of Boolean Query Processing,"
paper presented at a panel session, ACM Conference, Proceedings of the ACM
'82 Conference,
Kraft,
D.H. and Buell, D.A., "Evaluation of Fuzzy Retrieval Systems," paper
presented at the ASIS Meeting,
Buell,
D.A. and Kraft, D.H., "Threshold Values and Boolean Retrieval
Systems," paper presented at the ACM Computer Science Conference,
Biles,
W.E., Hoffman, R.O., Estes, C.B., Talavage, J.J., and Kraft, D.H., "The
Industrial Engineer in Environmental Information Systems," paper presented
at the American Institute of Industrial Engineers (AIIE) First Annual Systems
Engineering Conference,
Kraft,
D.H. and Liesener, J.W., "An Application of a Cost Benefit Approach to
Program Planning: School Media Programs," paper presented at the ASIS
Meeting,
Albert,
D. and Kraft, D.H., "A Dynamic Search Stopping Rule for an Information
Storage and Retrieval System," paper presented at the ASIS Mid-Year
Meeting,
Other Conference
Presentations and Technical Reports:
Kraft, D.H.,
“Evolutionary Algorithms for Query Optimization in Text Information Retrieval
Systems,” invited keynote lecture, 1st International Workshop on
Evolutionary Techniques in Data Processing (ETID), 18th
International Workshop on Database and Expert Systems Applications (DEXA),
Bensman, S.J. and Kraft, D.H., “Tibor Braun, the
Journal Scientometrics, and the International Development of a New
Discipline,” invited paper, in Glanzel, W., Shubert, A., and Schlemmer, B.
(eds.), The Multidimensional World of Tibor Braun, ISSI Newsletter
(e-zine of the International Society for Scientometrics and Informetrics), 2007
Kraft, D.H.,
Pasi, G., and Bordogna, G., “Vagueness and Uncertainty in Information
Retrieval: How Can Fuzzy Sets Help?”, invited paper, International Workshop on
Research Issues in Digital Libraries, Kolkata, West Bengal, India, December,
2006
Kraft, D.H., “Scholarly Journal Publishing,”
invited panel presentation, “Competing Information Realities: Digital
Libraries, Repositories, and the Commons,” ASIST Annual Meeting,
Kraft,
D.H., Intelligent
Methods in Models of Text Information Retrieval: Implications for Society,”
invited plenary paper, International Conference on Multidisciplinary
Information Sciences and Technologies (InSciT 2006), Merida, Spain, October
2006
Kraft, D.H., “Applications of
Artificial Intelligence Techniques to Text Information Retrieval: Future
Directions,” Universidad de
Kraft, D.H., “Logical and Models of
Text Information Retrieval: Social Implications,”
Kraft, D.H., “Logical and Models of
Text Information Retrieval: Social Implications,” Universidad de Carlos III
Kraft, D.H., “Bringing It All Together: An Academic Viewpoint (What is Needed and What Is Likely to Come Next?),
“ Association of Information and Dissemination Centers
(ASIDIC) Conference,
Kraft,
D.H., “Applications of Artificial Intelligence Techniques to Modern Information
Retrieval,” invited plenary presentation, Information and Knowledge
Engineering, International Multiconference in Computer Science and Computer
Engineering ’03,
Kraft,
D.H., “What is the Difference Between Information Science and Computer
Science?,” panelist, Consortium of Computing Sciences in Colleges, First CCSC Mid
South Conference, Proceedings, v.
18, n. 6, Memphis, TN, March 2003
Kraft,
D.H., "Artificial Intelligence Techniques Applied to Information Retrieval
Models," invited talk, Department of Computer Science and Artificial
Intelligence,
Kraft,
D.H., "A Personal View of Information Science in Today's World: Its Past
and Our Future," invited talk, School of Library Science and
Documentation, University of Granada, Granada, Spain, April 2001
Kraft,
D.H. "Some Artificial Intelligence Techniques Applied to Information
Retrieval Models," invited talks as part of a short course, Department of
Computer Science, University Carlos III,
Kraft,
D.H., "A Personal View of Information Science in Today's World: Its Past
and Our Future," invited talk to Beta Phi Mu Chapter, School of Library
and Information Science, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, February
2001
Kraft,
D.H., "Artificial Intelligence Approaches to Textual Information Retrieval,"
invited presentation, Lectures on Developments in Information Technology and
Managerial Decision Support,
Kraft,
D.H., "Optimizing Textual Retrieval: Weights, Boolean Queries and Machine
Learning," invited presentation, INFORMS conference,
Kraft,
D.H., invited panelist, "Spreading the Wealth: Getting Youth Services
Research into General Refereed Journals," Young Adult Library Services
Association, American Library Association meeting,
Kraft,
D.H., "Information Retrieval Models: A Survey," invited talk,
Universidad de Granada,
Kraft,
D.H., "Optimizing Textual Retrieval: Weights, Boolean Queries, and Machine
Learning," invited talk, Universidad de Granada,
Karadimitriou,
K. and Kraft, D.H., "Genetic Algorithms and the Multiple Sequence
Alignment Problem in Biology," presentation, Molecular Biology and
Biotechnology Conference,
Kraft,
D.H., "Fuzzy Information Systems: A Retrieval Focus," invited plenary
presentation, International Fuzzy Systems Association (IFSA),
Kraft,
D.H., "Relevance in Information Retrieval," panel on challenge
problems for relevance reasoning, American Association for Artificial
Intelligence (AAAI), AAAI-94 Fall Symposium - Relevance, New Orleans, LA,
November, 1994
Kraft,
D.H., "Fuzzy Sets: Fundamentals, and Applications for Retrieval, Control,
and Managerial Decision-Making," panel on the impact of fuzzy-thinking
machines on the economics of information systems, American Society for
Information Science (ASIS) annual meeting, Alexandria, VA, 1994
Kraft,
D.H., Buckles, B.P., Petry, F.E., and Prabhu, D., "Genetic Algorithms for
Optimal Fuzzy Boolean Information Retrieval," TIMS/ORSA Joint National
Meeting,
Kraft,
Donald H., "The Future of Information Access Technology: Especially as It
Pertains to Developing Countries," invited presidential address,
Infotex'93,
Kraft,
D.H., "Information Science and Computer Science Educational Interfaces: A
Two-Edged Sword, panel presentation, American Society for Information Science
(ASIS) annual meeting, Columbus, OH, October, 1993
Kraft,
D.H., "Research Directions in Information Storage and Retrieval: Academic
Research Trends in Information Storage and Retrieval," panel presentation,
American Society for Information Science (ASIS) annual meeting, Columbus, OH,
October, 1993
Kraft,
D.H., "Information Science," section for World Book Encyclopedia,
1993
Kraft,
D.H., Bordogna, G. and Pasi, G., "An Extended Fuzzy Linguistic Approach to
Generalize Boolean Information Retrieval," Technical Report 92-018,
Department of Computer Science, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA,
1992
Nagelberg,
K.M. and Kraft, D.H., "News Story
Generation with Hard Copy and Magnetic Media Information Sources: The Impact of
Information Technology," Technical Report 91-021, Department of Computer
Science, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 1991
Kraft,
D.H. and Boyce, B.R., "Approaches to Intelligent Information
Retrieval," Technical Report 91-020, Department of Computer Science,
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, 1991
Wallace,
D.P., Boyce, B.R., Heim, K.M., McLain, J.P., and Kraft, D.H., "Age
Analysis of Public Library Collections: Final Report, USDE Grant
#R039A90006," School of Library and Information Science, Louisiana State
University, Baton Rouge, LA, 1991
Zou,
Zhen B. and Kraft, D.H., "An Intelligent Ranking Model for Document
Retrieval Systems," Technical Report 89-003, Department of Computer
Science, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, 1989
Zou,
Zhen B. and Kraft, D.H., "A New Methodology for Phrase-Based
Indexing," Technical Report 89-002, Department of Computer Science,
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, 1989
Karukunda,
S.K. and Kraft, D.H., "A Survey on Natural Language Processing Methods and
Their Use in Information Retrieval," Technical Report 87-036, Department
of Computer Science, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, 1987
Bellardo,
T. and Kraft, D.H., "Online Search Formulation and Reformulation: An Analysis
of Searcher Behavior and Its Effect on Retrieval," Technical Report
87-003, Department of Computer Science, Louisiana State University, Baton
Rouge, LA, 1987
Wallace,
D.P., Boyce, B.R., and Kraft, D.H., "Estimating Effective Display Size in
Online Retrieval Systems," Technical Report 86-022, Department of Computer
Science, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, 1986
Cater,
Steven C. and Kraft, D.H., "TIRS: A Topological Information Retrieval
System Satisfying the Requirements of the Waller-Kraft Wish List,"
Technical Report 86-035, Department of Computer Science, Louisiana State
University, Baton Rouge, LA, 1986
Zvieli,
A. and Kraft, D.H., "An Expressive Query Language for Information
Retrieval: A Tool for an Information Retrieval Expert System," Technical
Report 86-006, Department of Computer Science, Louisiana State University,
Baton Rouge, LA, 1986
Kraft,
D.H., "Foundations for Adoption of Adaptation in Fuzzy Boolean Retrieval
Systems," invited paper presented at the Adaptive Retrieval Systems
Workshop,
Kraft,
D.H. and Buell, D.A., "Advances in a Bayesian Decision Model of User
Stopping Behavior for Scanning the Output of an Information Retrieval
System," Computer Science Technical Report 84-007, Louisiana State
University, Baton Rouge, LA, 1984
Haas,
D. and Kraft, D.H., "Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Designs for
Research in Information Science," Computer Science Technical Report
82-020, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, 1982
Buell,
D.A. and Kraft, D.H., "LIARS: A Software Environment for Testing Query
Processing Strategies," Computer Science Technical Report 82-011,
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, 1982
Kraft,
D.H. and Buell, D.A., "Fuzzy Sets and Generalized Boolean Retrieval
Systems," Computer Science Technical Report 82-007, Louisiana State
University, Baton Rouge, LA, 1982
Kraft,
D.H., "Generalized Fuzzy Boolean Retrieval," presented at a panel
session entitled "Research Advances in Information Science," ASIS
Meeting,
Cross,
G. and Kraft, D.H., "Stopping Rules, Relevance Distributions, and
Retrieval Performance," paper presented at the ORSA/TIMS Joint National
Meeting,
Buell,
D.A. and Kraft, D.H., "Performance Measurement in a Fuzzy Retrieval
Environment," paper presented at the ACM/SIGIR Conference, Proceedings,
Buell,
D.A. and Kraft, D.H., "Threshold Values and Boolean Retrieval
Systems," paper presented at the Louisiana Academy of Sciences Annual
Meeting,
Kraft,
D.H., "Journal Selection Models: Past and Present," invited paper
presented at the TIMS/ORSA Joint National Meeting, New Orleans, LA, 1979
Kraft,
D.H. and Waller, W.G., "Problems in Modeling a Weighted Boolean Retrieval
System," paper presented at the ASIS Meeting, Proceedings,
Kraft,
D.H. and Waller, W.G., "Information Retrieval Systems: A Bayesian Approach
to User Search Stopping Rules," paper presented at the ORSA/TIMS Joint
National Meeting,
Kraft,
D.H. and Waller, W.G., "Minimization in Boolean Weighted Retrieval
Searches," invited paper presented at the ORSA/TIMS Joint National
Meeting,
Kraft,
D.H. and Lee, T., "Stopping Rules and Their Effect on Expected Search
Length," invited paper presented at the ORSA/TIMS Joint National Meeting,
Atlanta, GA, 1977
Kraft,
D.H. and Liesener, J.W., "Planning and Budgeting for School Media Programs
at the Building, District, and Regional Levels: O.R. in the Little Red Schoolhouse,"
invited paper presented at the ORSA/TIMS Joint National Meeting, Miami, FL,
1976
Greenberg,
H.J. and Kraft, D.H., "On Computing a Buy/Copy Policy Using the Pitt-Kraft
Model," Technical Report No. CS75026-R, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and
Bookstein,
A. and Kraft, D.H., "Operations Research Applied to Document Indexing and
Retrieval Decisions," invited paper presented at the ORSA/TIMS Joint
National Meeting, Las Vegas, NV, 1975
Deutsch,
D. and Kraft, D.H., "A Study of an Information Retrieval Performance
Measure: Expected Search Length as a Function of File Size and
Organization," paper presented at the ORSA/TIMS Joint National Meeting,
Boston, MA, 1974
Pitt
W.B., Heilprin, L.B., and Kraft, D.H., "Buy or Copy? A Library Operations
Research Model," paper presented at the TIMS International Meeting, Tel
Aviv,
Kraft,
D.H. and McDonald, D., "Library Operations Research: A Tutorial," Proceedings
of the LARC Institute on Library Operations Research,
Kraft,
D.H. and Hill, T.W., Jr., "A Lagrangian Formulation of the Journal
Selection Model," paper presented at the ORSA/TIMS Joint National Meeting,
Dallas, TX, 1971
Kraft,
D.H., "The Journal Selection Problem in a University Library System,"
unpublished doctoral dissertation,
Kraft,
D.H. and Hill, T.W., Jr., "The Journal Selection Problem in a University
Library System," invited paper presented at the ORSA/TIMS Joint National
Meeting,
Kraft,
D.H., "Differences of Perception in the Professional Organizational
Interaction," Research Memorandum No. 70-3, School of Industrial
Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 1970
Grants Held:
"Support
for the Editor of the Journal of the American Society for Information
Science and Technology (JASIST), John Wiley & Sons, Inc., $4,500/year,
1985 – Present
"Support
for the Editorial Assistant of the Journal of the American Society for
Information Science and Technology (JASIST), John Wiley & Sons, Inc.,
$15,000/year, 2004 – Present
"Recruitment
of Superior Students in Areas of High-End Computation and Visualization at
"Recruitment
of Superior Students to the Doctoral Program in Computer Science at LSU,"
Louisiana State Board of Regents LEQSF - superior graduate students grant,
$72,000, Fall 2004 - Summer 2008 (co-principal investigator)
"Recruitment
of Superior Students to the Doctoral Program in Computer Science at LSU,"
Louisiana State Board of Regents LEQSF - superior graduate students grant,
$72,000, Fall 2003 - Summer 2007 (co-principal investigator)
"Recruitment
of Superior Students to the Doctoral Program in Computer Science at LSU,"
Louisiana State Board of Regents LEQSF - superior graduate students grant,
$72,000, Fall 2002 - Summer 2006 (co-principal investigator)
"Recruitment
of Superior Students to the Doctoral Program in Computer Science at LSU,"
Louisiana State Board of Regents LEQSF - superior graduate students grant,
$72,000, Fall 2001 - Summer 2005 (co-principal investigator)
"The
UMLS for Text Retrieval - A Rough Set Approach", National Library of
Medicine, Grant 1 R01 LM06909-01, May 1, 2000 - April 2002, $103,773
(consultant)
"Creating
and Housing a Repository for Information Retrieval Systems",
"Travel
to the ACM/SIGIR International Conference on Research and Development in
Information Retrieval:
"Recruitment
of Superior Doctoral Students in Computer Science," Louisiana State Board
of Regents LEQSF - superior graduate students grant, $120,000, Fall 1990 -
Summer 1994 (co-principal investigator)
"Age
Analysis of Public Library Collections,"
"Travel
to the ACM/SIGIR International Conference on Research and Development in
Information Retrieval:
"Recruitment
of Superior Doctoral Students in Computer Science and Computer-Related
Mathematics," Louisiana State Board of Regents LEQSF - superior graduate
students grant, $180,000, Fall 1989 - Summer 1993 (co-principal investigator)
"Computer
Science Access to Multiprocessing Facilities," Louisiana State Board of
Regents, Louisiana Educational Quality Support Fund (LEQSF) - enhancement
grant, $260,125, June 1, 1988 - June 30, 1989 (co-principal investigator)
"Recruitment
of Superior Doctoral Students in Computer Science and Computer-Related
Mathematics," Louisiana State Board of Regents LEQSF - superior graduate
students grant, $360,000, Fall 1988 - Summer 1992 (co-principal investigator)
"An
Interactive Graphics Workstation and Networking Facility Development
Project," Louisiana State Board of Regents LEQSF - enhancement grant,
$2,262,000, June, 1988 - December, 1990 (co-principal investigator; DEC match
of $1,119,000 plus software licenses)
"Retrieval
Software for Use in Testing the Efficacy of Gateways in Online Retrieval
Training, Personal Bibliographic Systems," Personal Bibliographic
Software, Inc. (PBS), $8,000 (in software, including copies of Pro-Cite,
Pro-Search, and Biblio-Links), 1988
"Travel
to the ACM/SIGIR International Conference on Research and Development in
Information Retrieval:
"Facilitation
of the Participation of Students in the ACM/SIGIR International Conference on
Research and Development in Information Retrieval:
"Facilitation
of the Participation of Distinguished Non-U.S. Scholars in the ACM/SIGIR
International Conference on Research and Development in Information Retrieval:
"Travel
to the ACM Conference on Research and Development in Information Retrieval:
Pisa, Italy; September 8-10, 1986," National Science Foundation, Division
of Information Science and Technology, Grant IST - 8518307, December, 1985 -
November, 1986, $15,750
"Travel
to the International Conference on Research and Development in Information
Retrieval," National Science Foundation, Division of Information Science
and Technology, Grant IST - 8402152, June - September, 1984, $10,000
"Travel
to the Fifth International Conference on Information Retrieval," National
Science Foundation, Division of Information Science and Technology, Grant IST -
8122037, April - September, 1982, $10,000
"Modelling
of Generalizations of Boolean Query Processing," National Science
Foundation, Division of Information Science and Technology, Grant IST -
8115146, September, 1981 - September, 1982, $34,722
Support
for travel to the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP)
triennial Congress '74,
Awards:
American
Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Fellow, 2003
Institute
of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Fellow, 2002
North
American Fuzzy Information Processing Society (NAFIPS) K.S. Fu Award
for
distinguished
service to NAFIPS, 198
American
Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIST)
Award of
Merit, recognizing an
individual deemed to have made noteworthy
contributions to the field of information
science, which may include the expression of new ideas, the creation of new
devices, the development of better techniques, or substantial research efforts
which have led to further development of thought or devices or applications, or
outstanding service to the profession of information science, as evidenced by
successful efforts in the educational, social, or political processes affecting
the profession – it is the society’s highest honor, 2007
Best Information
Science Book Award for Meadow, C.T., Boyce, B.R., and
Kraft, D.H.,
Text
Information Retrieval Systems, second edition,
Research Award
Recognizing an individual or organization for Outstanding
research
contributions to the field of information science, 1999
Watson Davis
Award, commemorating the founder of the society (ASIST) and given to
members for outstanding continuous contributions and
dedicated service to the society, 1995
Certificate of Recognition, 1990
Sigma
Xi
Alpha
Pi Mu
Upsilon
Pi Epsilon
Professional
Associations:
American
Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIST)
Editor, Journal
of the American Society for Information Science and Technology
(JASIST), 1985 -
President,
November 2001-November 2002
Past
member, Publications Committee
Past
member, Committee on Inter-Society Cooperation (CISCO)
Past
member, Research Committee
Past
member, Award of Merit and Research Award juries
Association
for Computing Machinery (ACM)