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We present DUAL-LOCO, a communication-efficient algorithm for distributed statistical estimation. DUAL-LOCO assumes that the data is distributed according to the features rather than the samples. It requires only a single round of…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2016-08-04 Christina Heinze , Brian McWilliams , Nicolai Meinshausen

This paper considers a distributed convex optimization problem over a time-varying multi-agent network, where each agent has its own decision variables that should be set so as to minimize its individual objective subject to local…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-05-22 Chuanye Gu , Zhiyou Wu , Jueyou Li , Yaning Guo

We address distributed learning problems, both nonconvex and convex, over undirected networks. In particular, we design a novel algorithm based on the distributed Alternating Direction Method of Multipliers (ADMM) to address the challenges…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-03-23 Xiaoxing Ren , Nicola Bastianello , Karl H. Johansson , Thomas Parisini

In this paper we consider a network of processors aiming at cooperatively solving linear programming problems subject to uncertainty. Each node only knows a common cost function and its local uncertain constraint set. We propose a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-08-27 Mohammadreza Chamanbaz , Giuseppe Notarstefano , Roland Bouffanais

Modern large scale machine learning applications require stochastic optimization algorithms to be implemented on distributed computational architectures. A key bottleneck is the communication overhead for exchanging information such as…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2017-10-31 Jianqiao Wangni , Jialei Wang , Ji Liu , Tong Zhang

We study the efficiency of the gradient mechanism of message transfer in a $2-d$ communication network of regular nodes and randomly distributed hubs. Each hub on the network is assigned some randomly chosen capacity and hubs with lower…

Physics and Society · Physics 2009-11-13 Satyam Mukherjee , Neelima Gupte

We describe an algorithm to construct an intrinsic Delaunay triangulation of a smooth closed submanifold of Euclidean space. Using results established in a companion paper on the stability of Delaunay triangulations on $\delta$-generic…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2013-03-27 Jean-Daniel Boissonnat , Ramsay Dyer , Arijit Ghosh

A graph is called a $k$-planar unit distance graph if it can be drawn in the plane such that every edge is a unit line segment and is involved in at most $k$ crossings. We investigate $u_k(n)$, the maximum number of edges of such graphs on…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-03-23 Panna Gehér , Dömötör Pálvölgyi , Dániel G. Simon , Géza Tóth

In this work, we study decentralized stochastic nonconvex Polyak--{\L}ojasiewicz minimax problems and propose a communication-efficient algorithm. Motivated by the efficiency of local SGD in federated learning, we investigate decentralized…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-05-26 Haoyuan Cai , Sulaiman A. Alghunaim , Ali H. Sayed

We study the decentralized optimization problem where a network of $n$ agents seeks to minimize the average of a set of heterogeneous non-convex cost functions distributedly. State-of-the-art decentralized algorithms like Exact…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-10-14 Edward Duc Hien Nguyen , Sulaiman A. Alghunaim , Kun Yuan , César A. Uribe

The use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) is rapidly increasing in applications ranging from surveillance and first-aid missions to industrial automation involving cooperation with other machines or humans. To maximize area coverage and…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-06-03 Carl Friess , Vlad Niculescu , Tommaso Polonelli , Michele Magno , Luca Benini

Dynamic low altitude networks offer significant potential for efficient and reliable data transport via unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) relays which usually operate with predetermined trajectories. However, it is challenging to optimize the…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-12-23 Bowen Li , Junting Chen

We describe an efficient method for drawing any n-vertex simple graph G in the hyperbolic plane. Our algorithm produces greedy drawings, which support greedy geometric routing, so that a message M between any pair of vertices may be routed…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2008-06-03 David Eppstein , Michael T. Goodrich

To accomplish various tasks, safe and smooth control of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) needs to be guaranteed, which cannot be met by existing ultra-reliable low latency communications (URLLC). This has attracted the attention of the…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-08-09 Wenchao Wu , Yanning Wu , Yuanqing Yang , Yansha Deng

Let C be a compact and convex set in the plane that contains the origin in its interior, and let S be a finite set of points in the plane. The Delaunay graph DG_C(S) of S is defined to be the dual of the Voronoi diagram of S with respect to…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2008-04-08 Prosenjit Bose , Paz Carmi , Sebastien Collette , Michiel Smid

We propose a flexible gradient tracking approach with adjustable computation and communication steps for solving distributed stochastic optimization problem over networks. The proposed method allows each node to perform multiple local…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-06-13 Yan Huang , Jinming Xu

Motivated by low energy consumption in geographic routing in wireless networks, there has been recent interest in determining bounds on the length of edges in the Delaunay graph of randomly distributed points. Asymptotic results are known…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2011-08-23 Esther M. Arkin , Antonio Fernandez Anta , Joseph S. B. Mitchell , Miguel A. Mosteiro

Air-to-ground (A2G) networks, using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) as base stations to serve terrestrial user equipments (UEs), are promising for extending the spatial coverage capability in future communication systems. Coordinated…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-10-15 Yan Li , Deke Guo , Lailong Luo , Minghua Xia

We consider a decentralized learning problem, where a set of computing nodes aim at solving a non-convex optimization problem collaboratively. It is well-known that decentralized optimization schemes face two major system bottlenecks:…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2019-11-04 Amirhossein Reisizadeh , Hossein Taheri , Aryan Mokhtari , Hamed Hassani , Ramtin Pedarsani

Contemporary accelerator designs exhibit a high degree of spatial localization, wherein two-dimensional physical distance determines communication costs between processing elements. This situation presents considerable algorithmic…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2024-08-09 Yves Baumann , Tal Ben-Nun , Maciej Besta , Lukas Gianinazzi , Torsten Hoefler , Piotr Luczynski