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David A. SchumProfessor |
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- Education
- Ph.D, Ohio State University, 1985
- M.A., Southern Methodist University
- B.A., Southern Methodist University
- Research
- Study of the properties, uses, and marshaling of evidence in probabilistic reasoning. Study of discovery-related processes in science and in other contexts.
- Books
- Evidential Foundations of Probabilistic Reasoning. Wiley & Sons, 1994; Northwestern University Press, 2001 [Paperback edition].
- A Probabilistic Analysis of the Sacco and Vanzetti Evidence. Wiley & Sons, 1996 (with Joseph B. Kadane)
- Selected Articles
- "Species of Abductive Reasoning in Fact Investigation in Law," Cardozo Law Review, Vol 22, Nos 5 - 6, 2001, 1645 - 1681
- "Evidence Marshaling for Imaginative Fact Investigation." Artificial Intelligence and Law. Vol 9, 2001, 165 - 188
- "Teaching About Discovery and Invention in Engineering," Technological Forecasting and Social Change. Vol 64, 2000, 209 - 223
- "Probabilistic Reasoning and the Science of Complexity," Decision Science and Technology. Shanteau, J., Mellors. B., Schum, D. (Eds.), Kluwer Academic Press, 1999, 183-209
- "Marshaling Thoughts and Evidence During Fact Investigation," South Texas Law Review, Vol. 40, No 2, 1999, 401 - 454
- Professional Activities
- Extensive work with various intelligence agencies on evidential and inferential matters
- Professional Awards
- National Science Foundation, 1987, 1989
- Distinguished Faculty Award, GMU, 1993
