A quantitative assessment of IBM's programming productivity techniques. - Linda C. Jones; David A. Nelson (DAC, 1976)

Will the real SE metaphors please stand up!: (or, I never metaphor I didn't like!). - David A. Nelson (ACM SIGSOFT Softw. Eng. Notes, 1985)

Modelling Enterprise Dynamics. - David A. Nelson (DMIS, 1991)

Deductive program verification (a practitioner's commentary). - David A. Nelson (Minds Mach., 1992)

Discussion reviews. - Henry E. Kyburg Jr.; David A. Nelson (Minds Mach., 1994)

Prototyping a Categorical Database in P/FDM. - David A. Nelson; B. Nick Rossiter (ADBIS, 1995)

Three-Level Architecture for Query Closure in Database Systems. - B. Nick Rossiter; David A. Nelson; Michael A. Heather (ICEIS, 1999)

A Universal Technique for Relating Heterogeneous Data Models. - B. Nick Rossiter; David A. Nelson; Michael A. Heather (ICEIS (1), 2001)

Formalizing Types with Ultimate Closure for Middleware Tools in Information Systems Engineering. - B. Nick Rossiter; David A. Nelson; Michael A. Heather (ICEIS (1), 2003)

Sorptive polymeric materials and photopatterned films for gas phase chemical microsensors. - Jay W. Grate; David A. Nelson (Proc. IEEE, 2003)

A Natural Basis for Interoperability. - B. Nick Rossiter; Michael A. Heather; David A. Nelson (I-ESA, 2006)

Community engagement for translational disaster research: Fostering public, private & responder group partnerships. - Syed Ahmed; Paul A. Biedrzycki; Shannon Opel; David A. Nelson; Marie G. Sandy; Zeno Franco (ISCRAM, 2012)