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In recent times, various distributed optimization algorithms have been proposed for whose specific agent dynamics global optimality and convergence is proven. However, there exist no general conditions for the design of such algorithms. In…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-03-14 Pol Jane-Soneira , Charles Muller , Felix Strehle , Sören Hohmann

In this paper, we propose a communication- and computation-efficient algorithm to solve a convex consensus optimization problem defined over a decentralized network. A remarkable existing algorithm to solve this problem is the alternating…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-04-09 Weiyu Li , Yaohua Liu , Zhi Tian , Qing Ling

The decentralized optimization paradigm assumes that each term of a finite-sum objective is privately stored by the corresponding agent. Agents are only allowed to communicate with their neighbors in the communication graph. We consider the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-09-07 Demyan Yarmoshik , Alexander Rogozin , Alexander Gasnikov

We propose a communication efficient quasi-Newton method for large-scale multi-agent convex composite optimization. We assume the setting of a network of agents that cooperatively solve a global minimization problem with strongly convex…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-02-18 Yichuan Li , Petros G. Voulgaris , Nikolaos M. Freris

We consider cooperative multi-agent consensus optimization problems over both static and time-varying communication networks, where only local communications are allowed. The objective is to minimize the sum of agent-specific possibly…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-06-27 Erfan Yazdandoost Hamedani , Necdet Serhat Aybat

We present a hybrid systems framework for distributed multi-agent optimization in which agents execute computations in continuous time and communicate in discrete time. The optimization algorithm is analogous to a continuous-time form of…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-03-17 Katherine R. Hendrickson , Dawn M. Hustig-Schultz , Matthew T. Hale , Ricardo G. Sanfelice

The paper studies the distributed stochastic compositional optimization problems over networks, where all the agents' inner-level function is the sum of each agent's private expectation function. Focusing on the aggregative structure of the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-11-10 Shengchao Zhao , Yongchao Liu

In this paper, we present a distributed algorithm for solving convex, constraint-coupled, optimization problems over peer-to-peer networks. We consider a network of processors that aim to cooperatively minimize the sum of local cost…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-04-14 Andrea Camisa , Alessia Benevento , Giuseppe Notarstefano

We present a distributed conjugate gradient method for distributed optimization problems, where each agent computes an optimal solution of the problem locally without any central computation or coordination, while communicating with its…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-02-27 Ola Shorinwa , Mac Schwager

In this paper, we study distributed big-data nonconvex optimization in multi-agent networks. We consider the (constrained) minimization of the sum of a smooth (possibly) nonconvex function, i.e., the agents' sum-utility, plus a convex…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2018-05-03 Ivano Notarnicola , Ying Sun , Gesualdo Scutari , Giuseppe Notarstefano

Distributed optimization has gained significant attention in recent years, primarily fueled by the availability of a large amount of data and privacy-preserving requirements. This paper presents a fixed-time convergent optimization…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2022-05-30 Kunal Garg , Mayank Baranwal

Distributed learning and adaptation have received significant interest and found wide-ranging applications in machine learning and signal processing. While various approaches, such as shared-memory optimization, multi-task learning, and…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-12-03 Pourya Behmandpoor , Marc Moonen , Panagiotis Patrinos

In this paper, we consider an unconstrained distributed optimization problem over a network of agents, in which some agents are adversarial. We solve the problem via gradient-based distributed optimization algorithm and characterize the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-03-22 Iyanuoluwa Emiola , Laurent Njilla , Chinwendu Enyioha

In distributed machine learning, efficient training across multiple agents with different data distributions poses significant challenges. Even with a centralized coordinator, current algorithms that achieve optimal communication complexity…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-08-13 Junchi Yang , Murat Yildirim , Qiu Feng

In this paper we investigate how standard nonlinear programming algorithms can be used to solve constrained optimization problems in a distributed manner. The optimization setup consists of a set of agents interacting through a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-07-18 Ion Matei , John S. Baras

We consider a network of agents that locate themselves in an environment through sensor measurements and aim to transmit a message signal to a base station via collaborative beamforming. The agents' sensor measurements result in…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-03-19 Erfaun Noorani , Yagiz Savas , Alec Koppel , John Baras , Ufuk Topcu , Brian M. Sadler

We study distributed optimization problems over a network when the communication between the nodes is constrained, and so information that is exchanged between the nodes must be quantized. This imperfect communication poses a fundamental…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-10-30 Thinh T. Doan , Siva Theja Maguluri , Justin Romberg

We formulate an optimization problem for maximizing the data rate of a common message transmitted from nodes within an airborne network broadcast to a central station receiver while maintaining a set of intra-network rate demands. Assuming…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-06-08 Theodoros Tsiligkaridis

The central result of this paper is the analysis of an optimization problem which allows one to assess the limiting performance of a team of two agents who coordinate their actions. One agent is fully informed about the past and future…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2014-09-08 Benjamin Larrousse , Achal Agrawal , Samson Lasaulce

Methods for distributed optimization have received significant attention in recent years owing to their wide applicability in various domains. A distributed optimization method typically consists of two key components: communication and…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-06-04 Albert S. Berahas , Raghu Bollapragada , Nitish Shirish Keskar , Ermin Wei