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This paper considers a distributed stochastic non-convex optimization problem, where the nodes in a network cooperatively minimize a sum of $L$-smooth local cost functions with sparse gradients. By adaptively adjusting the stepsizes…

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This paper considers a distributed stochastic strongly convex optimization, where agents connected over a network aim to cooperatively minimize the average of all agents' local cost functions. Due to the stochasticity of gradient estimation…

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This paper studies the online convex optimization problem by using an Online Continuous-Time Nesterov Accelerated Gradient method (OCT-NAG). We show that the continuous-time dynamics generated by the online version of the Bregman Lagrangian…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-09-29 Chao Sun , Guoqiang Hu

In this paper, we propose an online convex optimization approach with two different levels of adaptivity. On a higher level, our approach is agnostic to the unknown types and curvatures of the online functions, while at a lower level, it…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-04-17 Yu-Hu Yan , Peng Zhao , Zhi-Hua Zhou

In this paper, we study secure distributed optimization against arbitrary gradient attack in multi-agent networks. In distributed optimization, there is no central server to coordinate local updates, and each agent can only communicate with…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-10-31 Shuhua Yu , Soummya Kar

We present a distributed optimization algorithm for solving online personalized optimization problems over a network of computing and communicating nodes, each of which linked to a specific user. The local objective functions are assumed to…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-04-15 Ivano Notarnicola , Andrea Simonetto , Francesco Farina , Giuseppe Notarstefano

This paper considers a distributed convex optimization problem over a time-varying multi-agent network, where each agent has its own decision variables that should be set so as to minimize its individual objective subject to local…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-05-22 Chuanye Gu , Zhiyou Wu , Jueyou Li , Yaning Guo

We consider online optimization with binary decision variables and convex loss functions. We design a new algorithm, binary online gradient descent (bOGD) and bound its expected dynamic regret. We provide a regret bound that holds for any…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-01-21 Antoine Lesage-Landry , Joshua A. Taylor , Duncan S. Callaway

Multi-agent systems are being increasingly deployed in challenging environments for performing complex tasks such as multi-target tracking, search-and-rescue, and intrusion detection. Notwithstanding the computational limitations of…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-11-30 Amrit Singh Bedi , Paban Sarma , Ketan Rajawat

We investigate distributed online convex optimization with compressed communication, where $n$ learners connected by a network collaboratively minimize a sequence of global loss functions using only local information and compressed data…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-01-12 Sifan Yang , Wenhao Yang , Wei Jiang , Lijun Zhang

Distributed aggregative optimization is a recently emerged framework in which the agents of a network want to minimize the sum of local objective functions, each one depending on the agent decision variable (e.g., the local position of a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-04-08 Guido Carnevale , Nicola Mimmo , Giuseppe Notarstefano

In this paper, we study the problem of distributed multi-agent optimization over a network, where each agent possesses a local cost function that is smooth and strongly convex. The global objective is to find a common solution that…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-03-11 Shi Pu , Angelia Nedić

Existing approaches to online convex optimization (OCO) make sequential one-slot-ahead decisions, which lead to (possibly adversarial) losses that drive subsequent decision iterates. Their performance is evaluated by the so-called regret…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2017-11-22 Tianyi Chen , Qing Ling , Georgios B. Giannakis

This paper addresses an online convex optimization problem where the cost function at each step depends on a history of past decisions (i.e., memory), and the decision maker has access to limited predictions of future cost values within a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-12-29 Zhengmiao Wang , Zhi-Wei Liu , Ming Chi , Xiaoling Wang , Housheng Su , Lintao Ye

This paper considers the distributed bandit convex optimization problem with time-varying inequality constraints over a network of agents, where the goal is to minimize network regret and cumulative constraint violation. Existing…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-06-21 Kunpeng Zhang , Xinlei Yi , Guanghui Wen , Ming Cao , Karl H. Johansson , Tianyou Chai , Tao Yang

In this paper, online convex optimization is applied to the problem of controlling linear dynamical systems. An algorithm similar to online gradient descent, which can handle time-varying and unknown cost functions, is proposed. Then,…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-11-03 Marko Nonhoff , Matthias A. Müller

In this paper, we study convex optimization problems where agents of a network cooperatively minimize the global objective function which consists of multiple local objective functions. Different from most of the existing works, the local…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-10-30 Huaqing Li , Lifeng Zheng , Zheng Wang , Yu Yan , Liping Feng , Jing Guo

This paper considers the problem of distributed bandit online convex optimization with time-varying coupled inequality constraints. This problem can be defined as a repeated game between a group of learners and an adversary. The learners…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-12-10 Xinlei Yi , Xiuxian Li , Tao Yang , Lihua Xie , Karl H. Johansson , Tianyou Chai

We investigate the distributed DC-Optimal Power Flow (DC-OPF) problem for a dynamic and uncertain environment. The unpredictable supply of renewable resources and varying prices of the electricity market are a few factors responsible for…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-08-10 Sushobhan Chatterjee , Rachel Kalpana Kalaimani

In this paper, we study online convex optimization in dynamic environments, and aim to bound the dynamic regret with respect to any sequence of comparators. Existing work have shown that online gradient descent enjoys an…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2018-10-26 Lijun Zhang , Shiyin Lu , Zhi-Hua Zhou