About me:
I received my Ph.D. in computer science from the University of Southern California in August, 2007. I did research in multiagent systems, including distributed constraint optimization and computational game theory, within the Teamcore research group led by Prof. Milind Tambe. I am now working in quantitative finance in New York City, but continue to maintain this page as a record of my academic research.
I started a repository of datasets for distributed constraint optimization problems (DCOPs) here. If you are doing work in the field, and would like to contribute your datasets, please let the current organizer know.
Publications:
Journal Papers
• R. T. Maheswaran, J. P. Pearce, E. Bowring, P. Varakantham and M. Tambe, "Privacy Loss in Distributed Constraint Reasoning: A Quantitative Framework for Analysis and its Applications." Journal of Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems (JAAMAS), 13:27-60, 2006. PDF
Full-length Conference Papers
• P. Paruchuri, J. P. Pearce, F. Ordóñez, S. Kraus and M. Tambe, "An Efficient Heuristic for Security Against Multiple Adversaries," to appear in Proceedings of the 6th International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems (AAMAS), Honolulu, Hawaii, May 14-18, 2007. PDF
• J. P. Pearce and M. Tambe, "Quality Guarantees on k-Optimal Solutions for Distributed Constraint Optimization Problems," in Proceedings of the 20th International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI), Hyderabad, India, January 6-12, 2007. PDF
• R. Greenstadt, J. P. Pearce and M. Tambe, "Analysis of Privacy Loss in DCOP Algorithms," in Proceedings of the 21st National Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI), Boston, Massachusetts, July 16-20, 2006, pp. 647-653. PDF
• J. P. Pearce, R. T. Maheswaran, and M. Tambe, "Solution Sets for DCOPs and Graphical Games," in Proceedings of the 5th International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems (AAMAS), Hakodate, Japan, May 8-12, 2006, pp. 577-584. PDF
• R. T. Maheswaran, J. P. Pearce, P. Varakantham, E. Bowring and M. Tambe, "Valuation of Possible States: A Unifying Quantitative Framework for Evaluating Privacy in Collaboration," in Proceedings of the 4th International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems (AAMAS), Utrecht, The Netherlands, July 25-29, 2005, pp. 1030-1037. PDF
• R. T. Maheswaran, J. P. Pearce and M. Tambe, "Distributed Algorithms for DCOP: A Graphical-Game-Based Approach," in Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing Systems (PDCS), San Francisco, CA, September 15-17, 2004, pp. 432-439. PDF
• R. T. Maheswaran, M. Tambe, E. Bowring, J. P. Pearce and P. Varakantham, "Taking DCOP to the Real World: Efficient Complete Solutions for Distributed Multi-Event Scheduling," in Proceedings of the 3rd International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems (AAMAS), New York, NY, July 19-23, 2004, pp. 310-317. PDF
Short Conference Papers
• J. P. Pearce, "Locally Optimal Algorithms and Solutions for Distributed Constraint Optimization," in Member Abstracts and Posters Track, Proceedings of the 21st National Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI), Boston, Massachusetts, July 16-20, 2006. PDF
• P. M. Berry, C. Albright, E. Bowring, K. Conley, K. Nitz, J. P. Pearce, B. Peintner, S. Saadati, M. Tambe, T. Uribe, and N. Yorke-Smith, "CALO Conflict Negotiation: PTIME and DCOP," demo paper in Proceedings of the 5th International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems (AAMAS), Hakodate, Japan, May 8-12, 2006, pp. 1467-8. PDF
• R. Greenstadt, J. P. Pearce, E. Bowring and M. Tambe, "Experimental analysis of privacy loss in DCOP algorithms," short paper in Proceedings of the 5th International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems (AAMAS), Hakodate, Japan, May 8-12, 2006, pp. 1424-6. PDF
• J. P. Pearce, "Locally Optimal Algorithms and Solutions for Distributed Constraint Optimization," in Doctoral Consortium, Proceedings of the 5th International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems (AAMAS), Hakodate, Japan, May 8-12, 2006.
• J. P. Pearce, R. T. Maheswaran and M. Tambe, "How Local Is That Optimum? k-optimality for DCOP," poster paper in Proceedings of the 4th International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems (AAMAS), Utrecht, The Netherlands, July 25-29, 2005, pp. 1303-1304. PDF
Book Chapters
• R. T. Maheswaran, J. P. Pearce and M. Tambe, "A Family of Graphical-Game-Based Algorithms for Distributed Constraint Optimization Problems," in Coordination of Large-Scale Multiagent Systems, Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg, Germany, 2005. PDF
Technical Magazine Articles
• M. Tambe, E. Bowring, J. P. Pearce, P. Varakantham, P. Scerri, D. V. Pynadath, "Electric Elves: What Went Wrong and Why," in AI Magazine, 2007.
Invited Papers
• P. Paruchuri, E. Bowring, R. Nair, J. P. Pearce, M. Tambe, N. Schurr and P. Varakantham, "Teamcore Research Group: Hybrids in Multiagent Teamwork," Communications of the Computer Society of India, 30(6):19-24, 2006.
• M. Tambe, E. Bowring, J. P. Pearce, P. Varakantham, P. Scerri, D. V. Pynadath, "Electric Elves: What Went Wrong and Why," in AAAI Spring Symposium on What Went Wrong and Why: Lessons from AI Research and Applications, Stanford, CA, March 27-29, 2006. PDF
• M. Tambe, E. Bowring, H. Jung, G. Kaminka, R. T. Maheswaran, J. Marecki, P. J. Modi, R. Nair, J. P. Pearce, P. Paruchuri, D. Pynadath, P. Scerri, N. Schurr and P. Varakantham, "Conflicts in Teamwork: Hybrids to the Rescue," in Proceedings of the 4th International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems (AAMAS), Utrecht, The Netherlands, July 25-29, 2005, pp. 3-10. PDF
Symposium and Workshop Papers
• J. P. Pearce, E. Bowring, C. Portway and M. Tambe, "KOPT: k-Optimal Algorithms for Distributed Constraint Optimization," in CP 2007 Workshop on Distributed Constraint Reasoning, Providence, RI, September 23, 2007.
• H. Katagishi and J. P. Pearce, "Distributed DCOP Algorithm for Arbitrary k-Optima with Monotonically Increasing Utility," in CP 2007 Workshop on Distributed Constraint Reasoning, Providence, RI, September 23, 2007.
• P. Paruchuri, J. P. Pearce, F. Ordóñez, S. Kraus and M. Tambe, "An Efficient Heuristic for Security Against Multiple Adversaries in Stackelberg Games," in AAAI Spring Symposium on Game Theoretic and Decision Theoretic Agents (GTDT), Stanford, CA, March 26-28, 2007.
• J. P. Pearce and M. Tambe, "Lower Bounds on the Quality of k-Optimal DCOP Solutions with Respect to the Global Optimum ," in IJCAI 2007 Workshop on Distributed Constraint Reasoning (DCR), Hyderabad, India, January 8, 2007. (Winner of Best Paper Award) PDF
• R. Greenstadt, J. P. Pearce and M. Tambe, "An Experimental Analysis of Privacy Loss in DCOP Algorithms," in AAMAS 2006 Workshop on Distributed Constraint Reasoning (DCR), Hakodate, Japan, May 8, 2006. PDF
• J. P. Pearce and M. Tambe, "Quality Guarantees on Locally Optimal Solutions for Distributed Constraint Optimization Problems," in AAMAS 2006 Workshop on Distributed Constraint Reasoning (DCR), Hakodate, Japan, May 8, 2006. PDF
• J. P. Pearce, R. T. Maheswaran, and M. Tambe, "Solution Sets for DCOPs and Graphical Games: Metrics and Bounds," in Ninth International Symposium on Artificial Intelligence and Mathematics, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, January 4-6, 2006. PDF
• J. P. Pearce, R. T. Maheswaran and M. Tambe, "Graph-Based Bounds on k-Optimal Joint-Action Sets for Multiple Agents," in AAMAS 2005 Workshop on Declarative Agent Languages and Technologies (DALT), Utrecht, The Netherlands, July 25, 2005. PDF
• J. P. Pearce, R. T. Maheswaran and M. Tambe, "Local Algorithms for Distributed Constraint Optimization in Dynamic, Anytime Environments," in AAMAS 2005 Workshop on Ambient Agents - Agents for Ubiquitous Environments (AmbiAgents), Utrecht, The Netherlands, July 26, 2005. PDF
• R. T. Maheswaran, J. P. Pearce, P. Varakantham, E. Bowring and M. Tambe, "Valuations of Possible States (VPS): A Quantitative Framework for Analysis of Privacy Loss Among Collaborative Personal Assistant Agents," in AAAI Spring Symposium on Persistent Assistants: Living and Working with AI, Stanford, CA, March 21-23, 2005. PDF
• J. P. Pearce, R. T. Maheswaran and M. Tambe, "DCOP Games for Multi-Agent Coordination," in CP Workshop on Distributed Constraint Reasoning (DCR), Toronto, Canada, September 27, 2004. PDF
• R. T. Maheswaran, J. P. Pearce and M. Tambe, "Distributed Algorithms for DCOP: A Graphical-Game Based Approach," in AAMAS 2004 Workshop on Challenges in the Coordination of Large-Scale Multi-Agent Systems, New York, NY, July 19-23, 2004. PDF
Theses
• J. P. Pearce, "Local Optimization in Cooperative Agent Networks," Dissertation for Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Science, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, August 7, 2007. PDF
• J. P. Pearce, "Qualitative Behavior Prediction for Simple Mechanical Systems," Thesis for Master of Engineering in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, May 23, 2001. PDF
Coauthors:
• Cory Albright, SRI International
• Hideaki Katagishi, USC
• Christopher Portway, USC
