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This paper proposes the first distributed algorithm that solves the weight-balancing problem using only finite rate and simplex communications among nodes, compliant with the directed nature of the graph edges. It is proved that the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-03-03 Chang-Shen Lee , Nicolò Michelusi , Gesualdo Scutari

The purpose of a wireless sensor network (WSN) is to provide the users with access to the information of interest from data gathered by spatially distributed sensors. Generally the users require only certain aggregate functions of this…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2011-01-18 Jaydip Sen

The paper studies the problem of distributed average consensus in sensor networks with quantized data and random link failures. To achieve consensus, dither (small noise) is added to the sensor states before quantization. When the quantizer…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2009-09-28 Soummya Kar , Jose M. F. Moura

We propose an algorithm for average consensus over a directed graph which is both fully asynchronous and robust to unreliable communications. We show its convergence to the average, while allowing for slowly growing but potentially…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-02-26 Alex Olshevsky , Ioannis Ch. Paschalidis , Artin Spiridonoff

Consensus algorithms form the foundation for many distributed algorithms by enabling multiple robots to converge to consistent estimates of global variables using only local communication. However, standard consensus protocols can be easily…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-09-22 Kelsey Saulnier , Lifeng Zhou , George Pappas , Vijay Kumar

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

In this paper, we propose an approximate projected consensus algorithm for a network to cooperatively compute the intersection of convex sets. Instead of assuming the exact convex projection proposed in the literature, we allow each node to…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2012-05-29 Youcheng Lou , Guodong Shi , Karl Henrik Johansson , Yiguang Hong

This paper considers the problem of dynamic average consensus algorithm design for a group of communicating agents. This problem consists of designing a distributed algorithm that enables a group of agents with communication and computation…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2018-11-27 Solmaz S. Kia , Bryan Van Scoy , Jorge Cortes , Randy A. Freeman , Kevin M. Lynch , Sonia Martinez

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

In this paper, we formulate and investigate a generalized consensus algorithm which makes an attempt to unify distributed averaging and maximizing algorithms considered in the literature. Each node iteratively updates its state as a…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2012-09-06 Guodong Shi , Karl Henrik Johansson

Average consensus theory is intensely popular for building time synchronization in wireless sensor network (WSN). However, the average consensus-based time synchronization algorithm is based on iteration that pose challenges for efficiency,…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-08-02 Fanrong Shi , Xianguo Tuo , Lili Ran , Zhenwen Ren , Simon X. Yang

This paper studies the fastest distributed consensus averaging problem on branches of an arbitrary connected sensor network. In the previous works full knowledge about the sensor network's connectivity topology was required for determining…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2011-06-06 Saber Jafarizadeh , Abbas Jamalipour

This paper revisits the problem of multi-agent consensus from a graph signal processing perspective. By defining the graph filter from the consensus protocol, we establish the direct relation between average consensus of multi-agent systems…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2017-03-09 Jing-Wen Yi , Li Chai

Distributed consensus protocols provide a mechanism for spreading information within clustered networks, allowing agents and clusters to make decisions without requiring direct access to the state of the ensemble. In this work, we propose a…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-12-12 Federico M. Zegers , Sean Phillips

Consider a network whose nodes have some initial values, and it is desired to design an algorithm that builds on neighbor to neighbor interactions with the ultimate goal of convergence to the average of all initial node values or to some…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2014-09-16 Mahmoud El Chamie , Ji Liu , Tamer Başar

In this paper, 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…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2009-10-21 Victor M. Preciado , Alireza Tahbaz-Salehi , Ali Jadbabaie

We design the weights in consensus algorithms with spatially correlated random topologies. These arise with: 1) networks with spatially correlated random link failures and 2) networks with randomized averaging protocols. We show that the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-05-13 Dusan Jakovetic , Joao Xavier , Jose M. F. Moura

We study a new variant of consensus problems, termed `local average consensus', in networks of agents. We consider the task of using sensor networks to perform distributed measurement of a parameter which has both spatial (in this paper 1D)…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2013-09-02 Kai Cai , Brian D. O. Anderson , Changbin Yu , Guoqiang Mao

Consensus over networked agents is typically studied using undirected or directed communication graphs. Undirected graphs enforce symmetry in information exchange, leading to convergence to the average of initial states, while directed…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-09-25 Abhinav Sinha , Dwaipayan Mukherjee , Shashi Ranjan Kumar

Non-coherent over-the-air (OTA) computation has garnered increasing attention for its advantages in facilitating information aggregation among distributed agents in resource-constrained networks without requiring precise channel estimation.…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-04-09 Yuhang Deng , Zheng Chen , Erik G. Larsson