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In this work, we study the consensus problem in which legitimate agents send their values over an undirected communication network in the presence of an unknown subset of malicious or faulty agents. In contrast to former works, we…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-04-11 Orhan Eren Akgün , Sarper Aydın , Stephanie Gil , Angelia Nedić

In this paper, we provide a theoretical analysis for nonlinear discontinuous consensus protocols in networks of multiagents over weighted directed graphs. By integrating the analytic tools from nonsmooth stability analysis and graph theory,…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2013-11-26 Liu Bo , Lu Wenlian , Chen Tianping

We study the asymptotic properties of distributed consensus algorithms over switching directed random networks. More specifically, we focus on consensus algorithms over independent and identically distributed, directed random graphs, where…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2010-04-21 Victor M. Preciado , Alireza Tahbaz-Salehi , Ali Jadbabaie

Recent results establish the optimality of interference alignment to approach the Shannon capacity of interference networks at high SNR. However, the extent to which interference can be aligned over a finite number of signalling dimensions…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-11-17 Krishna Gomadam , Viveck R. Cadambe , Syed A. Jafar

In this work, we focus on solving a decentralized consensus problem in a private manner. Specifically, we consider a setting in which a group of nodes, connected through a network, aim at computing the mean of their local values without…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2022-02-22 Mohammad Fereydounian , Aryan Mokhtari , Ramtin Pedarsani , Hamed Hassani

This paper studies a consensus problem in multidimensional networks having the same agent-to-agent interaction pattern under both intra- and cross-layer time delays. Several conditions for the agents to asymptotically reach a consensus are…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-07-01 Hoang Huy Vu , Quyen Ngoc Nguyen , Tuynh Van Pham , Chuong Van Nguyen , Minh Hoang Trinh

Multi-agent consensus under jamming attacks is investigated. Specifically, inter-agent communications over a network are assumed to fail at certain times due to jamming of transmissions by a malicious attacker. A new stochastic…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2019-12-05 Ahmet Cetinkaya , Kaito Kikuchi , Tomohisa Hayakawa , Hideaki Ishii

The radiation pattern of transmit antennas varies and fluctuates as receivers change their location, other objects move around, and due to the antenna design itself. In this paper, we demonstrate how this observation can be exploited to…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-05-18 Milad Johnny , Alireza Vahid

Consider a connected network of agents endowed with local cost functions representing private objectives. Agents seek to find an agreement on some minimizer of the aggregate cost, by means of repeated communications between neighbors.…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2013-09-30 Walid Ben-Ameur , Pascal Bianchi , Jérémie Jakubowicz

We consider problems in which a system receives external \emph{perturbations} from time to time. For instance, the system can be a train network in which particular lines are repeatedly disrupted without warning, having an effect on…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2019-08-21 Nicolo Colombo , Ricardo Silva , Soong M Kang , Arthur Gretton

In recent work, Ozgur, Leveque, and Tse (2007) obtained a complete scaling characterization of throughput scaling for random extended wireless networks (i.e., $n$ nodes are placed uniformly at random in a square region of area $n$). They…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-11-17 Urs Niesen , Piyush Gupta , Devavrat Shah

Consensus is fundamental for distributed systems since it underpins key functionalities of such systems ranging from distributed information fusion, decision-making, to decentralized control. In order to reach an agreement, existing…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-12-27 Minghao Ruan , Huan Gao , Yongqiang Wang

This brief addresses the distributed consensus problem of nonlinear multi-agent systems under a general directed communication topology. Each agent is governed by higher-order dynamics with mismatched uncertainties, multiple completely…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-06-02 Gang Wang , Chaoli Wang , Zhengtao Ding , Yunfeng Ji

In this paper, we consider a leader-following consensus problem for networks of continuous-time integrator agents with a time-varying leader under measurement noises. We propose a neighbor-based state-estimation protocol for every agent to…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2009-09-25 Yilun Shang

This work addresses multi-agent consensus networks where adverse attackers affect the convergence performances of the protocol by manipulating the edge weights. We generalize (Fabris and Zelazo, 2022) and provide guarantees on the agents'…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-12-14 Marco Fabris , Daniel Zelazo

In this paper, we address the average consensus problem of multi-agent systems over wireless networks. We propose a distributed average consensus algorithm by invoking the concept of over-the-air aggregation, which exploits the signal…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-07-31 Themistoklis Charalambous , Zheng Chen , Christoforos N. Hadjicostis

A central problem in the operation of large wireless networks is how to deal with interference -- the unwanted signals being sent by transmitters that a receiver is not interested in. This thesis looks at ways of combating such…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2011-09-07 Matthew Aldridge

Collaborative working is increasingly popular, but it presents challenges due to the need for high responsiveness and disconnected work support. To address these challenges the data is optimistically replicated at the edges of the network,…

Databases · Computer Science 2012-12-12 Stéphane Martin , Mehdi Ahmed-Nacer , Pascal Urso

In this work, inspired by secret sharing schemes, we introduce a privacy-preserving approach for network consensus, by which all nodes in a network can reach an agreement on their states without exposing the individual state to neighbors.…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-03-08 Silun Zhang , Thomas Ohlson Timoudas , Munther Dahleh

This papers studies multi-agent (convex and \emph{nonconvex}) optimization over static digraphs. We propose a general distributed \emph{asynchronous} algorithmic framework whereby i) agents can update their local variables as well as…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-09-12 Ye Tian , Ying Sun , Gesualdo Scutari