Related papers: Resilient Distributed Averaging
Distributed averaging is among the most relevant cooperative control problems, with applications in sensor and robotic networks, distributed signal processing, data fusion, and load balancing. Consensus and gossip algorithms have been…
In this paper, we study a fully-decentralized multi-agent policy evaluation problem, which is an important sub-problem in cooperative multi-agent reinforcement learning, in the presence of up to $f$ faulty agents. In particular, we focus on…
In this work, we study the approximate consensus problem in asynchronous message-passing networks where some nodes may become Byzantine faulty. We answer an open problem raised by Tseng and Vaidya, 2012, proposing the first algorithm of…
We study robust mean estimation in an online and distributed scenario in the presence of adversarial data attacks. At each time step, each agent in a network receives a potentially corrupted data point, where the data points were originally…
We consider distributed iterative algorithms for the averaging problem over time-varying topologies. Our focus is on the convergence time of such algorithms when complete (unquantized) information is available, and on the degradation of…
We tackle the problem of a set of agents achieving resilient consensus in the presence of attacked agents. We present a discrete-time reputation-based consensus algorithm for synchronous and asynchronous networks by developing a local…
This paper considers the problem of Byzantine dispersion and extends previous work along several parameters. The problem of Byzantine dispersion asks: given $n$ robots, up to $f$ of which are Byzantine, initially placed arbitrarily on an…
In a recent paper, a distributed algorithm was proposed for solving linear algebraic equations of the form $Ax = b$ assuming that the equation has at least one solution. The equation is presumed to be solved by $m$ agents assuming that each…
This paper presents a distributed optimization scheme over a network of agents in the presence of cost uncertainties and over switching communication topologies. Inspired by recent advances in distributed convex optimization, we propose a…
Adversarial attacks pose a major challenge to distributed learning systems, prompting the development of numerous robust learning methods. However, most existing approaches suffer from the curse of dimensionality, i.e. the error increases…
This paper investigates the robustness of over-the-air federated learning to Byzantine attacks. The simple averaging of the model updates via over-the-air computation makes the learning task vulnerable to random or intended modifications of…
This paper studies resilient multi-agent distributed estimation of an unknown vector parameter when a subset of the agents is adversarial. We present and analyze a Flag Raising Distributed Estimator ($\mathcal{FRDE}$) that allows the agents…
We analyze the impact of transient and Byzantine faults on the construction of a maximal independent set in a general network. We adapt the self-stabilizing algorithm presented by Turau `for computing such a vertex set. Our algorithm is…
This paper presents a simple and efficient reliable broadcast algorithm for asynchronous message-passing systems made up of $n$ processes, among which up to $t<n/5$ may behave arbitrarily (Byzantine processes). This algorithm requires two…
We revisit Byzantine robust distributed estimation for high-dimensional sparse linear models. By combining local $\ell_1$-regularized robust estimation with robust aggregation at the server, the framework applies to pseudo-Huber regression,…
In this paper, we consider an unconstrained distributed optimization problem over a network of agents, in which some agents are adversarial. We solve the problem via gradient-based distributed optimization algorithm and characterize the…
In this paper, two reputation based algorithms called Reputation and audit based clustering (RAC) algorithm and Reputation and audit based clustering with auxiliary anchor node (RACA) algorithm are proposed to defend against Byzantine…
We study the gathering problem to make multiple agents initially scattered in arbitrary networks gather at a single node. There exist $k$ agents with unique identifiers (IDs) in the network, and $f$ of them are weakly Byzantine agents,…
As the network scale increases, existing fully distributed solutions start to lag behind the real-world challenges such as (1) slow information propagation, (2) network communication failures, and (3) external adversarial attacks. In this…
We study a setting where a group of agents, each receiving partially informative private observations, seek to collaboratively learn the true state (among a set of hypotheses) that explains their joint observation profiles over time. To…