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In this paper we consider a network of processors aiming at cooperatively solving linear programming problems subject to uncertainty. Each node only knows a common cost function and its local uncertain constraint set. We propose a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-08-27 Mohammadreza Chamanbaz , Giuseppe Notarstefano , Roland Bouffanais

Consensus protocols are crucial for reliable distributed systems as they let them cope with network and server failures. For decades, most consensus protocols have been designed as variations of the seminal Paxos, yet in 2014 Raft was…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2020-04-29 Hugues Evrard

We consider decentralized optimization problems where one aims to minimize a sum of convex smooth objective functions distributed between nodes in the network. The links in the network can change from time to time. For the setting when the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-01-30 Dmitriy Metelev , Alexander Rogozin , Dmitry Kovalev , Alexander Gasnikov

This paper examines resilient dynamic leader-follower consensus within multi-agent systems, where agents share first-order or second-order dynamics. The aim is to develop distributed protocols enabling nonfaulty/normal followers to…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2025-11-25 Liwei Yuan , Hideaki Ishii

This paper presents continuous dynamic average consensus (DAC) algorithms for a group of agents to estimate the average of their time-varying reference signals cooperatively. We propose consensus algorithms that are robust to agents joining…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-11-07 Solomon Gudeta , Ali Karimoddini , Mohammadreza Davoodi

We consider network-based decentralized optimization problems, where each node in the network possesses a local function and the objective is to collectively attain a consensus solution that minimizes the sum of all the local functions. A…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-09-07 Suhail M. Shah , Albert S. Berahas , Raghu Bollapragada

Distributed consensus has been widely studied for sensor network applications. Whereas the asymptotic convergence rate has been extensively explored in prior work, other important and practical issues, including energy efficiency and link…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2013-04-10 Lei Chen , Jeff Frolik

Designing reconfiguration schemes for consensus protocols is challenging because subtle corner cases during reconfiguration could invalidate the correctness of the protocol. Thus, most systems that embed consensus protocols conservatively…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2025-04-29 Kezhi Xiong , Soonwon Moon , Joshua Kang , Bryant Curto , Jieung Kim , Ji-Yong Shin

This paper provides an algorithmic framework for obtaining fast distributed algorithms for a highly-dynamic setting, in which *arbitrarily many* edge changes may occur in each round. Our algorithm significantly improves upon prior work in…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2020-10-13 Keren Censor-Hillel , Neta Dafni , Victor I. Kolobov , Ami Paz , Gregory Schwartzman

We study resilient leader-follower consensus of multi-agent systems (MASs) in the presence of adversarial agents, where agents' communication is modeled by time-varying topologies. The objective is to develop distributed algorithms for the…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2024-11-18 Liwei Yuan , Hideaki Ishii

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

We present FastRP, a scalable and performant algorithm for learning distributed node representations in a graph. FastRP is over 4,000 times faster than state-of-the-art methods such as DeepWalk and node2vec, while achieving comparable or…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2019-09-02 Haochen Chen , Syed Fahad Sultan , Yingtao Tian , Muhao Chen , Steven Skiena

Designing distributed, fast and reliable wireless consensus protocols is instrumental in enabling mission-critical decentralized systems, such as robotic networks in the industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), drone swarms in rescue missions,…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-05-26 Hyowoon Seo , Jihong Park , Mehdi Bennis , Wan Choi

We consider the average-consensus problem in a multi-node network of finite size. Communication between nodes is modeled by a sequence of directed signals with arbitrary communication delays. Four distributed algorithms that achieve…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2011-06-23 Kevin Topley , Vikram Krishnamurthy

In this paper, we investigate the approximate consensus problem in highly dynamic networks in which topology may change continually and unpredictably. We prove that in both synchronous and partially synchronous systems, approximate…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2014-11-13 Bernadette Charron-Bost , Matthias Függer , Thomas Nowak

This paper introduces some tools from graph theory and distributed consensus algorithms to construct an optimal, yet robust, hierarchical information sharing structure for large-scale decision making and control problems. The proposed…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2012-08-16 Amir Noori

The design of sensor networks capable of reaching a consensus on a globally optimal decision test, without the need for a fusion center, is a problem that has received considerable attention in the last years. Many consensus algorithms have…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2009-11-13 Gesualdo Scutari , Sergio Barbarossa

Providing an analytical solution for the problem of finding Fastest Distributed Consensus (FDC) is one of the challenging problems in the field of sensor networks. Here in this work we present analytical solution for the problem of fastest…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2010-09-28 Saber Jafarizadeh

Distributed consensus has been intensively studied in recent years as a means to mitigate state differences among dynamic nodes on a graph. It has been successfully employed in various applications, e.g., formation control of multi-robots,…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2017-05-09 Yinyan Zhang , Shuai Li

In this paper we study the distributed average consensus problem in multi-agent systems with directed communication links that are subject to quantized information flow. Specifically, we present and analyze a distributed averaging algorithm…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-03-10 Apostolos I. Rikos , Christoforos N. Hadjicostis , Karl H. Johansson