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We present distributed algorithms that can be used by multiple agents to align their estimates with a particular value over a network with time-varying connectivity. Our framework is general in that this value can represent a consensus…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2010-04-20 Angelia Nedić , Asuman Ozdaglar , Pablo A. Parrilo

We consider the distributed optimization problem, where a group of agents work together to optimize a common objective by communicating with neighboring agents and performing local computations. For a given algorithm, we use tools from…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-09-11 Bryan Van Scoy , Laurent Lessard

Distributed optimization increasingly plays a central role in economical and sustainable operation of cyber-physical systems. Nevertheless, the complete potential of the technology has not yet been fully exploited in practice due to…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-10-24 Sindri Magnusson , Chinwendu Enyioha , Na Li , Carlo Fischione , Vahid Tarokh

This paper proposes a novel family of primal-dual-based distributed algorithms for smooth, convex, multi-agent optimization over networks that uses only gradient information and gossip communications. The algorithms can also employ…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-03-04 Jinming Xu , Ye Tian , Ying Sun , Gesualdo Scutari

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

In this paper, we aim to solve a distributed optimization problem with affine coupling constraints in a multi-agent network, where the cost function of the agents is composed of smooth and possibly non-smooth parts. To solve this problem,…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-05-31 Jianzheng Wang , Guoqiang Hu

In this paper, a distributed optimization problem with general differentiable convex objective functions is studied for single-integrator and double-integrator multi-agent systems. Two distributed adaptive optimization algorithm is…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-03-28 Peng Lin , Wei Ren

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

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-10-23 Jinming Xu , Ying Sun , Ye Tian , Gesualdo Scutari

Distributed algorithms can be efficiently used for solving economic dispatch problem (EDP) in power systems. To implement a distributed algorithm, a communication network is required, making the algorithm vulnerable to noise which may cause…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-11-18 Wenwen Wu , Shuai Liu , Shanying Zhu

In this paper, we study the communication and (sub)gradient computation costs in distributed optimization and give a sharp complexity analysis for the proposed distributed accelerated gradient methods. We present two algorithms based on the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-08-19 Huan Li , Cong Fang , Wotao Yin , Zhouchen Lin

We study the decentralized consensus and stochastic optimization problems with compressed communications over static directed graphs. We propose an iterative gradient-based algorithm that compresses messages according to a desired…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-04-19 Mohammad Taha Toghani , César A. Uribe

Distributed descent-based methods are an essential toolset to solving optimization problems in multi-agent system scenarios. Here the agents seek to optimize a global objective function through mutual cooperation. Oftentimes, cooperation is…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-08-28 Arunselvan Ramaswamy

Methods for distributed optimization have received significant attention in recent years owing to their wide applicability in various domains. A distributed optimization method typically consists of two key components: communication and…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-06-04 Albert S. Berahas , Raghu Bollapragada , Nitish Shirish Keskar , Ermin Wei

We consider the problem of scheduling in constrained queueing networks with a view to minimizing packet delay. Modern communication systems are becoming increasingly complex, and are required to handle multiple types of traffic with widely…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-05-04 Mohammani Zaki , Avi Mohan , Aditya Gopalan , Shie Mannor

Network consensus optimization has received increasing attention in recent years and has found important applications in many scientific and engineering fields. To solve network consensus optimization problems, one of the most well-known…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2019-09-10 Xin Zhang , Jia Liu , Zhengyuan Zhu , Elizabeth S. Bentley

Inspired and underpinned by the idea of integral feedback, a distributed constant gain algorithm is proposed for multi-agent networks to solve convex optimization problems with local linear constraints. Assuming agent interactions are…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-11-19 Xuan Wang , Shaoshuai Mou , Brian. D. O. Anderson

In this work, we revisit a classical distributed gradient-descent algorithm, introducing an interesting class of perturbed multi-agent systems. The state of each subsystem represents a local estimate of a solution to the global optimization…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-09-04 Tarek Bazizi , Mohamed Maghenem , Paolo Frasca , Antonio Lorìa , Elena Panteley

We consider a distributed multi-agent network system where the goal is to minimize a sum of convex objective functions of the agents subject to a common convex constraint set. Each agent maintains an iterate sequence and communicates the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2008-11-18 S. Sundhar Ram , A. Nedich , V. V. Veeravalli

In the distributed optimization problem for a multi-agent system, each agent knows a local function and must find a minimizer of the sum of all agents' local functions by performing a combination of local gradient evaluations and…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-06-16 Bryan Van Scoy , Laurent Lessard

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