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There has been an increasing necessity for scalable optimization methods, especially due to the explosion in the size of datasets and model complexity in modern machine learning applications. Scalable solvers often distribute the…

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We present a stochastic setting for optimization problems with nonsmooth convex separable objective functions over linear equality constraints. To solve such problems, we propose a stochastic Alternating Direction Method of Multipliers…

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Distributed optimization is a fundamental framework for collaborative inference and decision making in decentralized multi-agent systems. The operation is modeled as the joint minimization of a shared objective which typically depends on…

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The parallel alternating direction method of multipliers (ADMM) algorithm is widely recognized for its effectiveness in handling large-scale datasets stored in a distributed manner, making it a popular choice for solving statistical…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2023-11-22 Xiaofei Wu , Zhimin Zhang , Zhenyu Cui

In this paper we propose an Alternating Direction Method of Multipliers (ADMM) algorithm for solving a Model Predictive Control (MPC) optimization problem, in which the system has state and input constraints and a nonlinear input map. The…

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We address distributed learning problems over undirected networks. Specifically, we focus on designing a novel ADMM-based algorithm that is jointly computation- and communication-efficient. Our design guarantees computational efficiency by…

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With the proliferation of distributed energy resources and the volume of data stored due to advancement in metering infrastructure, energy management in power system operation needs distributed computing. In this paper, we propose a fully…

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We consider constraint-coupled optimization problems in which agents of a network aim to cooperatively minimize the sum of local objective functions subject to individual constraints and a common linear coupling constraint. We propose a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-07-26 Alessandro Falsone , Ivano Notarnicola , Giuseppe Notarstefano , Maria Prandini

In this paper, we propose a unified framework of inexact stochastic Alternating Direction Method of Multipliers (ADMM) for solving nonconvex problems subject to linear constraints, whose objective comprises an average of finite-sum smooth…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-03-05 Yuxuan Zeng , Jianchao Bai , Shengjia Wang , Zhiguo Wang

The electrical network reconfiguration problem aims to minimize losses in a distribution system by adjusting switches while ensuring radial topology. The growing use of renewable energy and the complexity of managing modern power grids make…

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The alternating direction method of multipliers (ADMM) were extensively investigated in the past decades for solving separable convex optimization problems. Fewer researchers focused on exploring its convergence properties for the nonconvex…

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We study a class of structured convex optimization problems, which have a two-block separable objective and nonlinear functional constraints as well as affine constraints that couple the two block variables. Such problems naturally arise…

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The alternating direction method of multipliers (ADMM) is a popular method for solving convex separable minimization problems with linear equality constraints. The generalization of the two-block ADMM to the three-block ADMM is not trivial…

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This paper addresses the problem of nonconvex nonsmooth decentralised optimisation in multi-agent networks with undirected connected communication graphs. Our contribution lies in introducing an algorithmic framework designed for the…

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This paper introduces a novel approach to solving multi-block nonconvex composite optimization problems through a proximal linearized Alternating Direction Method of Multipliers (ADMM). This method incorporates an Increasing Penalization…

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The alternating direction method of multipliers (ADMM) is widely used to solve large-scale linearly constrained optimization problems, convex or nonconvex, in many engineering fields. However there is a general lack of theoretical…

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This paper aims to develop distributed algorithms for nonconvex optimization problems with complicated constraints associated with a network. The network can be a physical one, such as an electric power network, where the constraints are…

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In this work, we study a generic network cost minimization problem, in which every node has a local decision vector to determine. Each node incurs a cost depending on its decision vector and each link also incurs a cost depending on the…

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