José M. Vidal

Associate Professor

Professor Vidal's research interests are in the area of multiagent systems. On the theoretical side he is interested in developing systems that coordinate and aggregate the actions of large number of autonomous agents. This is interdisciplinary work which straddles the boundaries of economics, algorithmic game theory, distributed algorithms, agent-based modelling, and the social sciences. On the practical side he is interested in the development of web applications and web services.

Education

• Ph. D., University of Michigan (1998)
• M. S., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (1991)
• B. S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1990)

Selected Publications

• Benito Mendoza and José M. Vidal. Bidding Algorithms for a Distributed Combinatorial Auction. In Proceedings of the Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems Conference, 2007.
• Hrishikesh J. Goradia and José M. Vidal. An Equal Excess Negotiation Algorithm for Coalition Formation. In Proceedings of the Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems Conference, 2007.
• Hong Jiang and José M. Vidal. The Message Management Asynchronous Backtracking Algorithm. Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Artificial Intelligence, 2006.To appear.
• José M. Vidal, Paul Buhler, and Hrishikesh Goradia. Tools and Lessons from a Multiagent Systems' Class. Italics, 4(3)2005.
• Muralidhar V. Narumanchi and José M. Vidal. Algorithms for Distributed Winner Determination In Combinatorial Auctions. In Agent-Mediated Electronic Commerce VII, 2005.
• José M. Vidal, Paul Buhler, and Christian Stahl. Multiagent Systems with Workflows. IEEE Internet Computing, January/February; 8(1):76--82, 2004.