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Distributed vertex coloring is one of the classic problems and probably also the most widely studied problems in the area of distributed graph algorithms. We present a new randomized distributed vertex coloring algorithm for the standard…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-04-13 Magnús M. Halldórsson , Fabian Kuhn , Yannic Maus , Tigran Tonoyan

Self-stabilization is a versatile technique to withstand any transient fault in a distributed system. Mobile robots (or agents) are one of the emerging trends in distributed computing as they mimic autonomous biologic entities. The…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2009-09-29 Lélia Blin , Maria Gradinariu Potop-Butucaru , Sébastien Tixeuil

In classic distributed graph problems, each instance on a graph specifies a space of feasible solutions (e.g. all proper ($\Delta+1$)-list-colorings of the graph), and the task of distributed algorithm is to construct a feasible solution…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2018-02-20 Weiming Feng , Yitong Yin

Dispersion of mobile robots over the nodes of an anonymous graph is an important problem and turns out to be a crucial subroutine for designing efficient algorithms for many fundamental graph problems via mobile robots. In this problem,…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2024-10-28 Rik Banerjee , Manish Kumar , Anisur Rahaman Molla

Fair graph clustering is crucial for ensuring equitable representation and treatment of diverse communities in network analysis. Traditional methods often ignore disparities among social, economic, and demographic groups, perpetuating…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-10-22 Sina Baharlouei , Sadra Sabouri

This paper studies distributed stochastic nonconvex optimization problems with compressed communication and differential privacy, in which each agent aims to minimize the sum of all agents' cost functions by using local compressed…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-03-24 Antai Xie , Xiaoqiang Ren , Xinlei Yi , Tao Yang , Xiaofan Wang

In this paper, we focus on the problem of data sharing over a wireless computer network (i.e., a wireless grid). Given a set of available data, we present a distributed algorithm which operates over a dynamically changing network, and…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-07-19 Apostolos I. Rikos , Christoforos N. Hadjicostis , Karl H. Johansson

Federated learning is a distributed learning paradigm where multiple agents, each only with access to local data, jointly learn a global model. There has recently been an explosion of research aiming not only to improve the accuracy rates…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2021-06-18 Kate Donahue , Jon Kleinberg

This paper proposes distributed discrete-time algorithms to cooperatively solve an additive cost optimization problem in multi-agent networks. The striking feature lies in the use of only the sign of relative state information between…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2018-12-11 Jiaqi Zhang , Keyou You , Tamer Başar

We consider distributed optimization by a collection of nodes, each having access to its own convex function, whose collective goal is to minimize the sum of the functions. The communications between nodes are described by a time-varying…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2014-03-18 Angelia Nedic , Alex Olshevsky

We propose a self-organization scheme for cost-effective and load-balanced routing in multi-hop networks. To avoid overloading nodes that provide favourable routing conditions, we assign each node with a cost function that penalizes high…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2018-08-18 Mihai-Alin Badiu , David Saad , Justin P. Coon

This paper deals with an optimization problem over a network of agents, where the cost function is the sum of the individual objectives of the agents and the constraint set is the intersection of local constraints. Most existing methods…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-06-20 Van Sy Mai , Eyad H. Abed

We present improved deterministic distributed algorithms for a number of well-studied matching problems, which are simpler, faster, more accurate, and/or more general than their known counterparts. The common denominator of these results is…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2017-08-08 Manuela Fischer

Distributed optimization aims to leverage the local computation and communication capabilities of each agent to achieve a desired global objective. This paper addresses the distributed pose graph optimization (PGO) problem under non-convex…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-03-11 Zeinab Ebrahimi , Mohammad Deghat

This paper focuses on showing time-message trade-offs in distributed algorithms for fundamental problems such as leader election, broadcast, spanning tree (ST), minimum spanning tree (MST), minimum cut, and many graph verification problems.…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2018-10-09 Robert Gmyr , Gopal Pandurangan

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

This paper addresses a distributed optimization problem in a communication network where nodes are active sporadically. Each active node applies some learning method to control its action to maximize the global utility function, which is…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-04-20 Wenjie Li , Mohamad Assaad , Shiqi Zheng

This paper considers a distributed convex optimization problem with inequality constraints over time-varying unbalanced digraphs, where the cost function is a sum of local objectives, and each node of the graph only knows its local…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2016-12-30 Pei Xie , Keyou You , Roberto Tempo , Shiji Song , Cheng Wu

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

In this paper, we propose a novel distributed algorithm for consensus optimization over networks and a robust extension tailored to deal with asynchronous agents and packet losses. Indeed, to robustly achieve dynamic consensus on the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-09-04 Guido Carnevale , Nicola Bastianello , Giuseppe Notarstefano , Ruggero Carli