English
Related papers

Related papers: A Communication-Efficient Algorithm for Exponentia…

200 papers

We present a practical asynchronous data fusion model for networked agents to perform distributed Bayesian learning without sharing raw data. Our algorithm uses a gossip-based approach where pairs of randomly selected agents employ…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-11-17 Kinjal Bhar , He Bai , Jemin George , Carl Busart

A distributed average consensus algorithm in which every sensor transmits with bounded peak power is proposed. In the presence of communication noise, it is shown that the nodes reach consensus asymptotically to a finite random variable…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2015-06-15 Sivaraman Dasarathan , Cihan Tepedelenlioglu , Mahesh Banavar , Andreas Spanias

This paper presents distributed algorithmic solutions that employ opportunistic inter-agent communication to achieve dynamic average consensus. In our solutions each agent is endowed with a local criterion that enables it to determine…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2015-03-03 Solmaz S. Kia , Jorge Cortes , Sonia Martinez

We consider a network scenario in which agents can evaluate each other according to a score graph that models some interactions. The goal is to design a distributed protocol, run by the agents, that allows them to learn their unknown state…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2018-06-05 Francesco Sasso , Angelo Coluccia , Giuseppe Notarstefano

This paper considers a distributed adaptive optimization problem, where all agents only have access to their local cost functions with a common unknown parameter, whereas they mean to collaboratively estimate the true parameter and find the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-09-03 Yaqun Yang , Jinlong Lei , Guanghui Wen , Yiguang Hong

In this paper, we present a communication-free algorithm for distributed coverage of an arbitrary network by a group of mobile agents with local sensing capabilities. The network is represented as a graph, and the agents are arbitrarily…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2016-02-01 A. Yasin Yazicioglu , Magnus Egerstedt , Jeff S. Shamma

Communication efficiency arises as a necessity in federated learning due to limited communication bandwidth. To this end, the present paper develops an algorithmic framework where an ensemble of pre-trained models is learned. At each…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-03-01 Pouya M Ghari , Yanning Shen

In this paper we consider a network scenario in which agents can evaluate each other according to a score graph that models some physical or social interaction. The goal is to design a distributed protocol, run by the agents, allowing them…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-06-14 Francesco Sasso , Angelo Coluccia , Giuseppe Notarstefano

This paper proposes and analyzes a communication-efficient distributed optimization framework for general nonconvex nonsmooth signal processing and machine learning problems under an asynchronous protocol. At each iteration, worker machines…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-07-15 Jineng Ren , Jarvis Haupt

In numerous artificial intelligence applications, the collaborative efforts of multiple intelligent agents are imperative for the successful attainment of target objectives. To enhance coordination among these agents, a distributed…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-11-04 Shengchao Hu , Li Shen , Ya Zhang , Dacheng Tao

We analyse the learning performance of Distributed Gradient Descent in the context of multi-agent decentralised non-parametric regression with the square loss function when i.i.d. samples are assigned to agents. We show that if agents hold…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2019-11-14 Dominic Richards , Patrick Rebeschini

This work studies the distributed learning process on a network of agents. Agents make partial observation about an unknown hypothesis and iteratively share their beliefs over a set of possible hypotheses with their neighbors to learn the…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-11-19 P Raghavendra Rao , Pooja Vyavahare

We study the problem of non-Bayesian social learning with uncertain models, in which a network of agents seek to cooperatively identify the state of the world based on a sequence of observed signals. In contrast with the existing…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-09-11 César A. Uribe , James Z. Hare , Lance Kaplan , Ali Jadbabaie

We consider a group of Bayesian agents who try to estimate a state of the world $\theta$ through interaction on a social network. Each agent $v$ initially receives a private measurement of $\theta$: a number $S_v$ picked from a Gaussian…

Applications · Statistics 2018-04-24 Elchanan Mossel , Noah Olsman , Omer Tamuz

We introduce a distributed, cooperative framework and method for Bayesian estimation and control in decentralized agent networks. Our framework combines joint estimation of time-varying global and local states with information-seeking…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2015-09-24 Florian Meyer , Henk Wymeersch , Markus Fröhle , Franz Hlawatsch

We propose communication-efficient distributed estimation and inference methods for the transelliptical graphical model, a semiparametric extension of the elliptical distribution in the high dimensional regime. In detail, the proposed…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2016-12-30 Pan Xu , Lu Tian , Quanquan Gu

We propose an efficient protocol for decentralized training of deep neural networks from distributed data sources. The proposed protocol allows to handle different phases of model training equally well and to quickly adapt to concept…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2018-11-14 Michael Kamp , Linara Adilova , Joachim Sicking , Fabian Hüger , Peter Schlicht , Tim Wirtz , Stefan Wrobel

Non-Bayesian social learning theory provides a framework for distributed inference of a group of agents interacting over a social network by sequentially communicating and updating beliefs about the unknown state of the world through…

Methodology · Statistics 2019-10-25 James Z. Hare , Cesar Uribe , Lance Kaplan , Ali Jadbabaie

We apply diffusion strategies to develop a fully-distributed cooperative reinforcement learning algorithm in which agents in a network communicate only with their immediate neighbors to improve predictions about their environment. The…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2014-11-06 Sergio Valcarcel Macua , Jianshu Chen , Santiago Zazo , Ali H. Sayed

We study the problem of cooperative inference where a group of agents interact over a network and seek to estimate a joint parameter that best explains a set of observations. Agents do not know the network topology or the observations of…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-04-11 Angelia Nedić , Alex Olshevsky , César A. Uribe