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We study the problem of distributed optimal resource allocation on networks with actions defined on discrete spaces, with applications to adaptive under-frequency load-shedding in power systems. In this context, the primary objective is to…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-12-25 Adel Aghajan , Miguel Jimenez-Aparicio , Michael E. Ropp , Jorge I. Poveda

We present a simple and natural extension of the multi-robot motion planning problem where the robots are partitioned into groups (colors), such that in each group the robots are interchangeable. Every robot is no longer required to move to…

Robotics · Computer Science 2013-05-14 Kiril Solovey , Dan Halperin

We design a deterministic algorithm that, given $n$ points in a \emph{typical} constant degree regular~graph, queries $O(n)$ distances to output a constant factor approximation to the average distance among those points, thus answering a…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-10-22 Alexandros Eskenazis , Manor Mendel , Assaf Naor

We consider distributed optimization on undirected connected graphs. We propose a novel distributed conditional gradient method with (O(1/\sqrt{k})) convergence. Compared with existing methods, each iteration of our method uses both…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-03-17 Yue Yu , Behçet Açıkmeşe

For a set of robots (or agents) moving in a graph, two properties are highly desirable: confidentiality (i.e., a message between two agents must not pass through any intermediate agent) and efficiency (i.e., messages are delivered through…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2024-05-30 Sahar Badri , Serafino Cicerone , Alessia Di Fonso , Gabriele Di Stefano

We study the problem of collective tree exploration in which a team of $k$ mobile agents must collectively visit all nodes of an unknown tree in as few moves as possible. The agents all start from the root and discover adjacent edges as…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-07-22 Romain Cosson , Laurent Massoulié

We consider the problem of dominating set-based virtual backbone used for routing in asymmetric wireless ad-hoc networks. These networks have non-uniform transmission ranges and are modeled using the well-established disk graphs. The…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2015-10-08 Faisal N. Abu-Khzam , Christine Markarian , Friedhelm Meyer auf der Heide , Michael Schubert

We introduce a new graph problem, the token dropping game, and we show how to solve it efficiently in a distributed setting. We use the token dropping game as a tool to design an efficient distributed algorithm for stable orientations and…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2021-02-18 Sebastian Brandt , Barbara Keller , Joel Rybicki , Jukka Suomela , Jara Uitto

For the task of moving a set of indistinguishable agents on a connected graph with unit edge distance to an arbitrary set of goal vertices, free of collisions, we propose a fast distance optimal control algorithm that guides the agents into…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2015-03-20 Jingjin Yu , Steven M. LaValle

We consider the problem of periodic graph exploration in which a mobile entity with constant memory, an agent, has to visit all n nodes of an arbitrary undirected graph G in a periodic manner. Graphs are supposed to be anonymous, that is,…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2009-05-13 J. Czyzowicz , S. Dobrev , L. Gasieniec , D. Ilcinkas , J. Jansson , R. Klasing , I. Lignos , R. Martin , K. Sadakane , W. -K. Sung

In this paper, we set forth a new algorithm for generating approximately uniformly random spanning trees in undirected graphs. We show how to sample from a distribution that is within a multiplicative $(1+\delta)$ of uniform in expected…

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The paper addresses large-scale, convex optimization problems that need to be solved in a distributed way by agents communicating according to a random time-varying graph. Specifically, the goal of the network is to minimize the sum of…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-10-28 Andrea Camisa , Francesco Farina , Ivano Notarnicola , Giuseppe Notarstefano

In the field of swarm robotics, one of the most studied problem is Gathering. It asks for a distributed algorithm that brings the robots to a common location, not known in advance. We consider the case of robots constrained to move along…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2025-11-12 Serafino Cicerone , Alessia Di Fonso , Gabriele Di Stefano , Alfredo Navarra

An autonomous mobile robot system is a distributed system consisting of mobile computational entities (called robots) that autonomously and repeatedly perform three operations: Look, Compute, and Move. Various problems related to autonomous…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2023-06-16 Yonghwan Kim , Yoshiaki Katayama , Koichi Wada

We present a framework for distributed Pose Graph Optimization (PGO) by formulating the problem as a second-order continuous-time dynamical system evolving on Lie groups. By modeling pose variables as massive particles subject to damping,…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-05-13 Jaeho Shin , Maani Ghaffari , Yulun Tian

We present linear time {\it in-place} algorithms for several basic and fundamental graph problems including the well-known graph search methods (like depth-first search, breadth-first search, maximum cardinality search), connectivity…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2019-07-24 Sankardeep Chakraborty , Kunihiko Sadakane , Srinivasa Rao Satti

Distribution shifts on graphs -- the data distribution discrepancies between training and testing a graph machine learning model, are often ubiquitous and unavoidable in real-world scenarios. Such shifts may severely deteriorate the…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-02-20 Shuhan Liu , Kaize Ding

Recently we presented the first algorithm for maintaining the set of nodes reachable from a source node in a directed graph that is modified by edge deletions with $o(mn)$ total update time, where $m$ is the number of edges and $n$ is the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2016-12-13 Monika Henzinger , Sebastian Krinninger , Danupon Nanongkai

A graph environment must be explored by a collection of mobile robots. Some of the robots, a priori unknown, may turn out to be unreliable. The graph is weighted and each node is assigned a deadline. The exploration is successful if each…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2017-10-03 Jurek Czyzowicz , Maxime Godon , Evangelos Kranakis , Arnaud Labourel , Euripides Markou

We propose a new model for formalizing reward collection problems on graphs with dynamically generated rewards which may appear and disappear based on a stochastic model. The *robot routing problem* is modeled as a graph whose nodes are…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2017-07-18 Rayna Dimitrova , Ivan Gavran , Rupak Majumdar , Vinayak S. Prabhu , Sadegh Esmaeil Zadeh Soudjani