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Distributed diffusion is a powerful algorithm for multi-task state estimation which enables networked agents to interact with neighbors to process input data and diffuse information across the network. Compared to a centralized approach,…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2020-03-27 Jiani Li , Xenofon Koutsoukos

We investigate fully asynchronous unsourced random access (URA), and propose a high-performing scheme that employs on-off division multiple access (ODMA). In this scheme, active users distribute their data over the transmit block based on a…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-04-16 Mert Ozates , Mohammad Kazemi , Gianluigi Liva , Deniz Gündüz

We present a distributed anytime algorithm for performing MAP inference in graphical models. The problem is formulated as a linear programming relaxation over the edges of a graph. The resulting program has a constraint structure that…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2012-02-20 Joop van de Ven , Fabio Ramos

Distributed abstract programs are a novel class of distributed optimization problems where (i) the number of variables is much smaller than the number of constraints and (ii) each constraint is associated to a network node. Abstract…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2009-11-02 Giuseppe Notarstefano , Francesco Bullo

We present DMaC, a novel distributed, finite-time algorithm that guarantees max-consensus in directed networks with unreliable communication links experiencing packet drops. Unlike existing methods, DMaC ensures all nodes compute the exact…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-12 Apostolos I. Rikos , Jiaqi Hu , Themistoklis Charalambous , Karl Henrik Johannson

We present the modeling and characterization of a time-reversal routing dispersion code multiple access (TR-DCMA) system. We show that this system maintains the low complexity advantage of DCMA transceivers while offering dynamic adaptivity…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2017-09-26 Lianfeng Zou , Christophe Caloz

The standard model of online prediction deals with serial processing of inputs by a single processor. However, in large-scale online prediction problems, where inputs arrive at a high rate, an increasingly common necessity is to distribute…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2010-12-08 Ofer Dekel , Ran Gilad-Bachrach , Ohad Shamir , Lin Xiao

Processing data collected by a network of agents often boils down to solving an optimization problem. The distributed nature of these problems calls for methods that are, themselves, distributed. While most collaborative learning problems…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2018-08-29 Inês Almeida , João Xavier

The main goal of this paper is to investigate continuous-time distributed dynamic programming (DP) algorithms for networked multi-agent Markov decision problems (MAMDPs). In our study, we adopt a distributed multi-agent framework where…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-06-14 Donghwan Lee , Han-Dong Lim , Do Wan Kim

Desynchronization is one of the primitive services for complex networks because it arranges nodes to take turns accessing a shared resource. TDMA is a practical application of desynchronization because it allows node to share a common…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2017-04-25 Supasate Choochaisri , Kittipat Apicharttrisorn , Chalermek Intanagonwiwat

The paper studies distributed Dictionary Learning (DL) problems where the learning task is distributed over a multi-agent network with time-varying (nonsymmetric) connectivity. This formulation is relevant, for instance, in big-data…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-12-23 Amir Daneshmand , Gesualdo Scutari , Francisco Facchinei

This paper considers the distributed sparse identification problem over wireless sensor networks such that all sensors cooperatively estimate the unknown sparse parameter vector of stochastic dynamic systems by using the local information…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-03-08 Die Gan , Zhixin Liu

In this paper, we investigate a joint device activity detection (DAD), channel estimation (CE), and data decoding (DD) algorithm for multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) massive unsourced random access (URA). Different from the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-12-20 Tianya Li , Yongpeng Wu , Mengfan Zheng , Wenjun Zhang , Chengwen Xing , Jianping An , Xiang-Gen Xia , Chengshan Xiao

Sparse code multiple access (SCMA) is a new multiple access technique which supports massive connectivity. Compared with the current Long Term Evolution (LTE) system, it enables the overloading of active users on limited orthogonal…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-11-29 Chenchen Zhang , Yuan Luo , Yan Chen

A deterministic finite-state automaton (FSA) is an abstract sequential machine that reads the symbols comprising an input word one at a time. An FSA is symmetric if its output is independent of the order in which the input symbols are read,…

Formal Languages and Automata Theory · Computer Science 2010-08-06 David Pritchard

This paper characterizes the performance of interference alignment (IA) technique taking into account the dynamic traffic pattern and the probing/feedback cost. We consider a time-division duplex (TDD) system where transmitters acquire…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-11-18 Matha Deghel , Mohamad Assaad , Mérouane Debbah , Anthony Ephremides

Low-rank tensor decompositions (TDs) provide an effective framework for multiway data analysis. Traditional TD methods rely on predefined structural assumptions, such as CP or Tucker decompositions. From a probabilistic perspective, these…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-06-30 Zhengyun Cheng , Changhao Wang , Guanwen Zhang , Yi Xu , Wei Zhou , Xiangyang Ji

The ability to perform traffic differentiation is a promising feature of the current Medium Access Control (MAC) in Wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs). The Enhanced Distributed Channel Access (EDCA) protocol for WLANs proposes up to four…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2016-05-30 Luis Sanabria-Russo , Boris Bellalta

A distributed data collection algorithm to accurately store and forward information obtained by wireless sensor networks is proposed. The proposed algorithm does not depend on the sensor network topology, routing tables, or geographic…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2010-11-15 Salah A. Aly , Ahmed Ali-Eldin , H. Vincent Poor

We consider the problem of deterministic load balancing of tokens in the discrete model. A set of $n$ processors is connected into a $d$-regular undirected network. In every time step, each processor exchanges some of its tokens with each…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2015-02-24 Petra Berenbrink , Ralf Klasing , Adrian Kosowski , Frederik Mallmann-Trenn , Przemyslaw Uznanski