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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

This paper proposes a multi-scale method to design a continuous-time distributed algorithm for constrained convex optimization problems by using multi-agents with Markov switched network dynamics and noisy inter-agent communications. Unlike…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-03-02 Wei Ni , Xiaoli Wang

Distributed supply-chain optimization demands algorithms that can cope with unreliable communication, unbounded messaging delays, and geographically dispersed agents while still guaranteeing convergence with provable rates. In this work, we…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-06-11 Laksh Patel , Neel Shanbhag

Decentralized optimization methods often entail information exchange between neighbors. Transmission failures can happen due to network congestion, hardware/software issues, communication outage, and other factors. In this paper, we…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-01-05 Wenjing Yan , Xuanyu Cao

Stochastic bilevel optimization (SBO) is becoming increasingly essential in machine learning due to its versatility in handling nested structures. To address large-scale SBO, decentralized approaches have emerged as effective paradigms in…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-11-27 Boao Kong , Shuchen Zhu , Songtao Lu , Xinmeng Huang , Kun Yuan

We consider a decentralized online convex optimization problem in a network of agents, where each agent controls only a coordinate (or a part) of the global decision vector. For such a problem, we propose two decentralized variants (ODA-C…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-11-15 Soomin Lee , Angelia Nedić , Maxim Raginsky

We consider the large sum of DC (Difference of Convex) functions minimization problem which appear in several different areas, especially in stochastic optimization and machine learning. Two DCA (DC Algorithm) based algorithms are proposed:…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-11-12 Hoai An Le Thi , Hoai Minh Le , Duy Nhat Phan , Bach Tran

In this paper, we study communication efficient distributed algorithms for distributionally robust federated learning via periodic averaging with adaptive sampling. In contrast to standard empirical risk minimization, due to the minimax…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-02-26 Yuyang Deng , Mohammad Mahdi Kamani , Mehrdad Mahdavi

Decentralized optimization algorithms have attracted intensive interests recently, as it has a balanced communication pattern, especially when solving large-scale machine learning problems. Stochastic Path Integrated Differential Estimator…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2019-12-02 Taoxing Pan , Jun Liu , Jie Wang

We study distributed composite optimization over networks: agents minimize a sum of smooth (strongly) convex functions, the agents' sum-utility, plus a nonsmooth (extended-valued) convex one. We propose a general unified algorithmic…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-08-04 Jinming Xu , Ye Tian , Ying Sun , Gesualdo Scutari

In this paper, we study the convergence rate of the DCA (Difference-of-Convex Algorithm), also known as the convex-concave procedure, with two different termination criteria that are suitable for smooth and nonsmooth decompositions…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-02-24 Hadi Abbaszadehpeivasti , Etienne de Klerk , Moslem Zamani

We consider distributed convex-concave saddle point problems over arbitrary connected undirected networks and propose a decentralized distributed algorithm for their solution. The local functions distributed across the nodes are assumed to…

In this paper, we develop a class of decentralized algorithms for solving a convex resource allocation problem in a network of $n$ agents, where the agent objectives are decoupled while the resource constraints are coupled. The agents…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-12-18 Angelia Nedić , Alex Olshevsky , Wei Shi

We propose an algorithm for optimizing the parameters of single hidden layer neural networks. Specifically, we derive a blockwise difference-of-convex (DC) functions representation of the objective function. Based on the latter, we propose…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-01-17 Daniel Tschernutter , Mathias Kraus , Stefan Feuerriegel

This paper studies consensus-based decentralized stochastic optimization for minimizing possibly non-convex expected objectives with convex non-smooth regularizers and nonlinear functional inequality constraints. We reformulate the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-01-29 Shivangi Dubey Sharma , Basil M. Idrees , Lavish Arora , Ketan Rajawat

This paper aims to address distributed optimization problems over directed and time-varying networks, where the global objective function consists of a sum of locally accessible convex objective functions subject to a feasible set…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-07-14 Xiuxian Li , Gang Feng , Lihua Xie

In this work and its accompanying Part II [1], we develop an accelerated algorithmic framework, DAMA (Decentralized Accelerated Minimax Approach), for nonconvex Polyak-Lojasiewicz minimax optimization over decentralized multi-agent…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-12-17 Haoyuan Cai , Sulaiman A. Alghunaim , Ali H. Sayed

This paper considers the discrete convexity of a cross-layer on-off transmission control problem in wireless communications. In this system, a scheduler decides whether or not to transmit in order to optimize the long-term quality of…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-08-26 Ni Ding , Parastoo Sadeghi , Rodney A. Kennedy

We consider a decentralized convex unconstrained optimization problem, where the cost function can be decomposed into a sum of strongly convex and smooth functions, associated with individual agents, interacting over a static or…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-12-12 Dmitry Metelev , Aleksandr Beznosikov , Alexander Rogozin , Alexander Gasnikov , Anton Proskurnikov

We consider the task of decentralized minimization of the sum of smooth strongly convex functions stored across the nodes of a network. For this problem, lower bounds on the number of gradient computations and the number of communication…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-11-16 Dmitry Kovalev , Adil Salim , Peter Richtárik