| 1992 | LCN | A link state routing algorithm for the configuration of interconnected HIPPI switches. | Ken Hardwick, Joel M. Halpern, William R. Franta |
| 1991 | LCN | FDDI network architectures, performance and futures. | G. C. Stone, William R. Franta |
| 1984 | INFOCOM | Contention-Based Access Protocols with Reservations for Local Networks with Non-Homogeneous Traffic Demands. | William R. Franta, A. R. K. Sastry |
| 1982 | ICDCS | SOSAM for hidden nodes or an efficient collision-free access-protocol for stationary radio networks with less-than-full connectivity. | Yaron I. Gold, William R. Franta |
| 1981 | WSC | Introduction to SIMULA: A tutorial. | William R. Franta |
| 1979 | FM | Correctness of Software - An Overview. | Helmut K. Berg, William R. Franta, Thomas G. Moher |
| 1979 | FM | An Approach to the Specification of Distributed Software. | William R. Franta, William Earl Boebert, Helmut K. Berg |
| 1978 | COMPSAC | Decentralized executive control in distributed computer systems. | William Earl Boebert, William R. Franta, E. Douglas Jensen, Richard Y. Kain |
| 1978 | COMPSAC | Kernel primitives of the HXDP executive. | William Earl Boebert, William R. Franta, E. Douglas Jensen, Richard Y. Kain |
| 1974 | WSC | Comments on models of multi-processor multi-memory bank computer systems. | William R. Franta, Philip A. Houle |
| 1974 | SIGMETRICS | A closed, cyclic, two-stage multiprogrammed system model and its diffusion approximation solution. | Baruch Halachmi, William R. Franta |
| 1973 | WSC | Robustness and analytic computer system models. | R. Vavra, William R. Franta |