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This paper proposes a new approach that enables multi-agent systems to achieve resilient \textit{constrained} consensus in the presence of Byzantine attacks, in contrast to existing literature that is only applicable to…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-12-19 Xuan Wang , Shaoshuai Mou , Shreyas Sundaram

Multi-agent coordination algorithms with randomized interactions have seen use in a variety of settings in the multi-agent systems literature. In some cases, these algorithms can be random by design, as in a gossip-like algorithm, and in…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-03-22 Matthew T. Hale , Magnus Egerstedt

In this work, we consider the consensus problem in which legitimate agents share their values over an undirected communication network in the presence of malicious or faulty agents. Different from the previous works, we characterize the…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-03-27 Sarper Aydın , Orhan Eren Akgün , Stephanie Gil , Angelia Nedić

In this paper, we study the relationship between resilience and accuracy in the resilient distributed multi-dimensional consensus problem. We consider a network of agents, each of which has a state in $\mathbb{R}^d$. Some agents in the…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-09-08 Waseem Abbas , Mudassir Shabbir , Jiani Li , Xenofon Koutsoukos

In its simplest form the well known consensus problem for a networked family of autonomous agents is to devise a set of protocols or update rules, one for each agent, which can enable all of the agents to adjust or tune their "agreement…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-09-16 Jingxuan Zhu , Yixuan Lin , Ji Liu , A. Stephen Morse

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

The paper considers the problem of distributed adaptive linear parameter estimation in multi-agent inference networks. Local sensing model information is only partially available at the agents and inter-agent communication is assumed to be…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2012-08-07 Soummya Kar , Jose' M. F. Moura , H. Vincent Poor

This article deals with the consensus problem involving agents with time-varying singularities in the dynamics or communication in undirected graph networks. Existing results provide control laws which guarantee asymptotic consensus. These…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2014-04-07 Nilanjan Roy Chowdhury , Srikant Sukumar

Adversarial attacks during training can strongly influence the performance of multi-agent reinforcement learning algorithms. It is, thus, highly desirable to augment existing algorithms such that the impact of adversarial attacks on…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-11-19 Martin Figura , Yixuan Lin , Ji Liu , Vijay Gupta

Given a network of agents, we study the problem of designing a distributed algorithm that computes k independent weighted means of the network's initial conditions (namely, the agents agree on a k-dimensional space). Akin to average…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-10-23 Gianluca Bianchin , Miguel Vaquero , Jorge Cortes , Emiliano Dall'Anese

Given a set of robots with arbitrary initial location and no agreement on a global coordinate system, convergence requires that all robots asymptotically approach the exact same, but unknown beforehand, location. Robots are oblivious-- they…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2009-05-26 Zohir Bouzid , Maria Potop-Butucaru , Sébastien Tixeuil

We consider the problem of approximate consensus in mobile networks containing Byzantine nodes. We assume that each correct node can communicate only with its neighbors and has no knowledge of the global topology. As all nodes have moving…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2012-06-04 Chuanyou Li , Michel Hurfin , Yun Wang

We study fault-tolerant distributed optimization of a sum of convex (cost) functions with real-valued scalar input/output in the presence of crash faults or Byzantine faults. In particular, the goal is to optimize a global cost function…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2015-09-08 Lili Su , Nitin Vaidya

We address the problem of reaching consensus in the presence of Byzantine faults. In particular, we are interested in investigating the impact of messages relay on the network connectivity for a correct iterative approximate Byzantine…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2015-04-17 Lili Su , Nitin Vaidya

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

Distributed multi-task learning provides significant advantages in multi-agent networks with heterogeneous data sources where agents aim to learn distinct but correlated models simultaneously.However, distributed algorithms for learning…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-01-11 Jiani Li , Waseem Abbas , Xenofon Koutsoukos

This paper considers the resilient multi-dimensional consensus problem in networked systems, where some of the agents might be malicious (or faulty). We propose a multi-dimensional consensus algorithm, where at each time step each healthy…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-05-14 Jiaqi Yan , Yilin Mo , Xiuxian Li , Changyun Wen

We propose an asynchronous, decentralized algorithm for consensus optimization. The algorithm runs over a network in which the agents communicate with their neighbors and perform local computation. In the proposed algorithm, each agent can…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-03-06 Tianyu Wu , Kun Yuan , Qing Ling , Wotao Yin , Ali H. Sayed

In this paper, we consider the resilient multi-dimensional consensus and distributed optimization problems of multi-agent systems (MASs) in the presence of both agent-based and denial-of-service (DoS) attacks. The considered agent-based…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-19 Hongjian Chen , Changyun Wen , Xiaolei Li

This paper considers a resilient high-dimensional constrained consensus problem and studies a resilient distributed algorithm for complete graphs. For convex constrained sets with a singleton intersection, a sufficient condition on…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-03-29 Jingxuan Zhu , Yixuan Lin , Alvaro Velasquez , Ji Liu