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This paper studies a constrained optimization problem over networked systems with an undirected and connected communication topology. The algorithm proposed in this work utilizes singular perturbation, dynamic average consensus, and saddle…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-10-24 Phuong Huu Hoang , Hyo-Sung Ahn

In this work, we focus on solving a decentralized consensus problem in a private manner. Specifically, we consider a setting in which a group of nodes, connected through a network, aim at computing the mean of their local values without…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2022-02-22 Mohammad Fereydounian , Aryan Mokhtari , Ramtin Pedarsani , Hamed Hassani

Real-time visual analysis tasks, like tracking and recognition, require swift execution of computationally intensive algorithms. Visual sensor networks can be enabled to perform such tasks by augmenting the sensor network with processing…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2017-05-24 Emil Eriksson , György Dán , Viktoria Fodor

We propose a new distributed optimization algorithm for solving a class of constrained optimization problems in which (a) the objective function is separable (i.e., the sum of local objective functions of agents), (b) the optimization…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-06-16 Van Sy Mai , Richard J. La , Tao Zhang , Abdella Battou

In realistic distributed optimization scenarios, individual nodes possess only partial information and communicate over bandwidth constrained channels. For this reason, the development of efficient distributed algorithms is essential. In…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-10-21 Apostolos I. Rikos , Wei Jiang , Themistoklis Charalambous , Karl H. Johansson

In this paper, we consider a network of processors aiming at cooperatively solving mixed-integer convex programs subject to uncertainty. Each node only knows a common cost function and its local uncertain constraint set. We propose a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-07-19 Mohammadreza Chamanbaz , Giuseppe Notarstefano , Francesco Sasso , Roland Bouffanais

The spread of an epidemic is often modeled by an SIR random process on a social network graph. The MinINF problem for optimal social distancing involves minimizing the expected number of infections, when we are allowed to break at most $B$…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-02-18 Amy Babay , Michael Dinitz , Aravind Srinivasan , Leonidas Tsepenekas , Anil Vullikanti

Dominating set is a set of vertices of a graph such that all other vertices have a neighbour in the dominating set. We propose a new order-based randomised local search (RLS$_o$) algorithm to solve minimum dominating set problem in large…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2017-11-06 David Chalupa

Motivated by economic dispatch and linearly-constrained resource allocation problems, this paper proposes a class of novel Distributed-Approx Newton algorithms that approximate the standard Newton optimization method. We first develop the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-11-21 Tor Anderson , Chin-Yao Chang , Sonia Martinez

We consider the problem of regularized regression in a network of communication-constrained devices. Each node has local data and objectives, and the goal is for the nodes to optimize a global objective. We develop a distributed…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-03-22 Neil McGlohon , Stacy Patterson

In this paper, we analyze the problem of optimally allocating resources in a distributed and privacy-preserving manner. We propose a novel distributed optimal resource allocation algorithm with privacy-preserving guarantees, which operates…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-07-19 Jakob Nylöf , Apostolos I. Rikos , Sebin Gracy , Karl H. Johansson

In this paper we consider a novel partitioned framework for distributed optimization in peer-to-peer networks. In several important applications the agents of a network have to solve an optimization problem with two key features: (i) the…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2018-05-23 Ivano Notarnicola , Ruggero Carli , Giuseppe Notarstefano

We propose a model for deterministic distributed function computation by a network of identical and anonymous nodes. In this model, each node has bounded computation and storage capabilities that do not grow with the network size.…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2011-06-28 Julien M. Hendrickx , Alex Olshevsky , John N. Tsitsiklis

In this paper, we present a fully-dynamic distributed algorithm for maintaining a minimum spanning tree on general graphs with positive real edge weights. The goal of a dynamic MST algorithm is to update efficiently the minimum spanning…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2007-05-23 Pradosh Kumar Mohapatra

We consider distributed stochastic optimization problems that are solved with master/workers computation architecture. Statistical arguments allow to exploit statistical similarity and approximate this problem by a finite-sum problem, for…

We consider distributed optimization methods for problems where forming the Hessian is computationally challenging and communication is a significant bottleneck. We leverage randomized sketches for reducing the problem dimensions as well as…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-03-21 Burak Bartan , Mert Pilanci

In this paper we provide a fully distributed implementation of the k-means clustering algorithm, intended for wireless sensor networks where each agent is endowed with a possibly high-dimensional observation (e.g., position, humidity,…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2014-11-11 Gabriele Oliva , Roberto Setola , Christoforos N. Hadjicostis

In modern large-scale systems with sensor networks and IoT devices it is essential to collaboratively solve complex problems while utilizing network resources efficiently. In our paper we present three distributed optimization algorithms…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-04-24 Apostolos I. Rikos , Wei Jiang , Themistoklis Charalambous , Karl H. Johansson

This paper explores the distributed broadcast problem within the context of network communications, a critical challenge in decentralized information dissemination. We put forth a novel hypergraph-based approach to address this issue,…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-09-09 Qi Cao , Yulin Shao , Fan Yang , Octavia A. Dobre

We study the problem of computing approximate minimum edge cuts by distributed algorithms. We use a standard synchronous message passing model where in each round, $O(\log n)$ bits can be transmitted over each edge (a.k.a. the CONGEST…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2013-11-21 Mohsen Ghaffari , Fabian Kuhn