Murray, R.C., VanLehn, K. & Mostow, J. (2004). Looking ahead to select tutorial actions: A decision-theoretic approach. International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education, 14(3-4), 253-278.
VanLehn, K., Siler, S., Murray, C., Yamauchi, T. & Baggett, W.B. (2003). Human tutoring: Why do only some events cause learning? Cognition and Instruction, 21(3), 209-249.
Refereed Conference and Workshop Publications
Murray, R.C., Ritter, S., Nixon, T., Schwiebert, R., Hausmann, R.G.M., Towle, B., Fancsali, S., and Vuong, A. (2013). Revealing the learning in learning curves. In H.C. Lane, K. Yacef, J. Mostow & A. Graesser (Eds.), The 16th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education, AIED 2013.
Hausmann, R.G.M., Vuong, A., Towle, B., Fraundorf, S., Murray, R.C., and Connelly J. (2013). An evaluation of the effectiveness of just-in-time hints. In H.C. Lane, K. Yacef, J. Mostow & A. Graesser (Eds.), The 16th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education, AIED 2013.
Dickison, D., Ritter, S., Nixon, T., Harris, T.K., Towle, B., Murray, R.C., and Hausmann, R.G.M.(2010). Predicting the effects of skill model changes on student progress. In V. Aleven, J. Kay & J. Mostow (Eds.), Intelligent Tutoring Systems, 10th International Conference, ITS 2010.
Ritter, S., Nixon, T., Harris, T.K., Towle, B., Murray, R.C. and Hausmann, R.G.M. (2010). A cognitive tutor for geometric proof. In V. Aleven, J. Kay & J. Mostow (Eds.), Intelligent Tutoring Systems, 10th International Conference, ITS 2010.
Ritter, S., Towle, B., Murray, R.C., Hausmann, R.G.M., and Connelly J. (2010). Research-based improvements in Cognitive Tutor Geometry. In V. Aleven, J. Kay & J. Mostow (Eds.), Intelligent Tutoring Systems, 10th International Conference, ITS 2010.
Hausmann, R.G.M., Ritter, S., Towle, B., Murray, R.C., and Connelly J. (2010). Incorporating interactive examples into the Cognitive Tutor. In V. Aleven, J. Kay & J. Mostow (Eds.), Intelligent Tutoring Systems, 10th International Conference, ITS 2010.
Ritter, S., Harris, T., Nixon, T., Dickison, D., Murray, R.C. and Towle, B (2009). Reducing the knowledge tracing space. Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Educational Data Mining. Best Paper Award.
Murray, R.C. & VanLehn, K. (2006). A comparison of decision-theoretic, fixed-policy and random tutorial action selection. In M. Ikeda, K.D. Ashely, and T.-W. Chan (Eds.), Intelligent Tutoring Systems, 8th International Conference, ITS 2006, p.114-123. New York: Springer. Best Paper Finalist.
Murray, R.C. & VanLehn, K. (2005). Effects of dissuading unnecessary help requests while providing proactive help. In C.-K. Looi, G. McCalla, B. Bredeweg, & J. Breuker (Eds.), Artificial Intelligence in Education, p. 887-889. Amsterdam: IOS Press.
Murray, R.C., VanLehn, K. & Mostow, J. (2001). A decision-theoretic approach for selecting tutorial discourse actions. In E. Horvitz, T. Paek, & C. Thompson (Eds.), Proceedings of the NAACL Workshop on Adaptation in Dialogue Systems, Pittsburgh, PA, 4 June 2001, p. 41-48. New Brunswick, NJ: Association for Computational Linguistics.
Murray, R.C., VanLehn, K. & Mostow, J. (2001). A decision-theoretic architecture for selecting tutorial discourse actions. Presented at the AIED 2001 Workshop on Tutorial Dialogue Systems, San Antonio, TX, May 20, 2001.
Murray, R.C. & VanLehn, K. (2000). DT Tutor: A decision-theoretic, dynamic approach for optimal selection of tutorial actions. In G. Gauthier, C. Frasson & K. VanLehn (Eds.), Intelligent Tutoring Systems, 5th International Conference, ITS 2000, p. 153-162. Montreal, Canda. New York: Springer. Best Paper Finalist.
VanLehn, K., Freedman, R., Jordan, P., Murray, C., Osan, R., Ringenberg, M., Rose, C., Schulze, K., Shelby, R., Treacy, D., Weinstein, A. & Wintersgill, M. (2000). Fading and deepening: The next steps for Andes and other model-tracing tutors. In G. Gauthier, C. Frasson & K. VanLehn (Eds.), Intelligent Tutoring Systems, 5th International Conference, ITS 2000, p. 153-162. Montreal, Canda. New York: Springer.
VanLehn, K., Siler, S., Murray, C. & Bagget, W. (1998). What makes a tutorial event effective? In M.A. Gernsbacher & S. Derry (Eds.), Proceedings of the Twenty-first Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, p. 1084-1089. Hillsdale, N.J.: Erlbaum.
Book chapters
Ritter, S., Murray, R.C., and Hausmann, R.G.M. (2018). Educational software design: education, engagement, and productivity concerns. In R.D. Roscoe, S.D. Craig, and I. Douglas (Eds), End-User Considerations in Educational Technology Design. pp. 35-51. Hershey, PA: IGI Global.
PhD Dissertation and Master's Thesis
Murray, R.C. (2005). An evaluation of decision-theoretic tutorial action selection. PhD Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA.
Murray, R.C. (1999). A dynamic, decision-theoretic model of tutorial action selection. Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA.
Patent Applications
Murray, R.,, Schmandt, L., Schwiebert, R., Hinton, S., Fraundorf, S., Huettner, A., & Fancsali, S. Adaptive grammar instruction for commas. U.S. 14/460,167. Filed August 14, 2014. Washington, DC: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
Ritter, S., Nixon, T., Murray, R., Schwiebert, R., & Fancsali, S. Learning curve disaggregation by student mastery. U.S. 14/326,327. Filed July 8, 2014. Washington, DC: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.