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Many real-world optimization models contain exploitable sparsity and block structure, but this structure is often obscured in algebraic form, limiting the effectiveness of modern parallel algorithms. We propose an automatic pipeline that…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-03-23 Kaizhao Sun , Baihao Wu , Kun Yuan , Wotao Yin

This paper proposes a proximal variant of the alternating direction method of multipliers (ADMM) for distributed optimization. Although the current versions of ADMM algorithm provide promising numerical results in producing solutions that…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-09-01 Reza Mirzaeifard , Naveen K. D. Venkategowda , Alexander Jung , Stefan Werner

Smart devices, storage and other distributed technologies have the potential to greatly improve the utilisation of network infrastructure and renewable generation. Decentralised control of these technologies overcomes many scalability and…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-10-30 Paul Scott , Sylvie Thiébaux

In this paper, we consider nonconvex decentralised optimisation and learning over a network of distributed agents. We develop an ADMM algorithm based on the Randomised Block Coordinate Douglas-Rachford splitting method which enables agents…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-07-31 Behnam Mafakheri , Jonathan H. Manton , Iman Shames

The Alternating Direction Method of Multipliers (ADMM) has now days gained tremendous attentions for solving large-scale machine learning and signal processing problems due to the relative simplicity. However, the two-block structure of the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-03-23 Mingxi Zhu , Kresimir Mihic , Yinyu Ye

As the size of modern data sets exceeds the disk and memory capacities of a single computer, machine learning practitioners have resorted to parallel and distributed computing. Given that optimization is one of the pillars of machine…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2017-04-18 Alexandros Nathan , Diego Klabjan

The alternating direction method of multipliers (ADMM) is a widely used method for solving many convex minimization models arising in signal and image processing. In this paper, we propose an inertial ADMM for solving a two-block separable…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-04-02 Yang Yang , Yuchao Tang

Most methods for Bundle Adjustment (BA) in computer vision are either centralized or operate incrementally. This leads to poor scaling and affects the quality of solution as the number of images grows in large scale structure from motion…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2017-08-29 Karthikeyan Natesan Ramamurthy , Chung-Ching Lin , Aleksandr Aravkin , Sharath Pankanti , Raphael Viguier

We consider primal-dual algorithms for general empirical risk minimization problems in distributed settings, focusing on two prominent classes of algorithms. The first class is the communication-efficient distributed dual coordinate ascent…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-10-24 Runxiong Wu , Dong Liu , Xueqin Wang , Andi Wang

This work presents a new method for online selection of multiple penalty parameters for the alternating direction method of multipliers (ADMM) algorithm applied to optimization problems with multiple constraints or functionals with block…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-21 Luke Lozenski , Michael T. McCann , Brendt Wohlberg

There is an ongoing effort to develop tools that apply distributed computational resources to tackle large problems or reduce the time to solve them. In this context, the Alternating Direction Method of Multipliers (ADMM) arises as a method…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2016-03-09 Ning Hao , AmirReza Oghbaee , Mohammad Rostami , Nate Derbinsky , José Bento

We address the problem of solving convex optimization problems with many convex constraints in a distributed setting. Our approach is based on an extension of the alternating direction method of multipliers (ADMM) that recently gained a lot…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-04-09 Joachim Giesen , Sören Laue

Semidefinite programming (SDP) is a fundamental convex optimization problem with wide-ranging applications. However, solving large-scale instances remains computationally challenging due to the high cost of solving linear systems and…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-12-22 Hantao Nie , Dong An , Zaiwen Wen

The parallel alternating direction method of multipliers (ADMM) algorithms have gained popularity in statistics and machine learning due to their efficient handling of large sample data problems. However, the parallel structure of these…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2024-04-11 Xiaofei Wu , Jiancheng Jiang , Zhimin Zhang

The alternating direction method of multipliers (ADMM) is widely used for solving large-scale semidefinite programs (SDPs), yet on instances with multiple primal-dual optimal solution pairs, it often enters prolonged slow-convergence…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-03-04 Shucheng Kang , Heng Yang

We present a flexible Alternating Direction Method of Multipliers (F-ADMM) algorithm for solving optimization problems involving a strongly convex objective function that is separable into $n \geq 2$ blocks, subject to (non-separable)…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2015-03-24 Daniel P. Robinson , Rachael E. H. Tappenden

We propose a new relative-error inexact version of the alternating direction method of multipliers (ADMM) for convex optimization. We prove the asymptotic convergence of our main algorithm as well as pointwise and ergodic…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-09-17 M. Marques Alves , M. Geremia

The alternating direction method of multipliers (ADMM) is a popular approach for solving optimization problems that are potentially non-smooth and with hard constraints. It has been applied to various computer graphics applications,…

Graphics · Computer Science 2019-09-04 Juyong Zhang , Yue Peng , Wenqing Ouyang , Bailin Deng

Although the field of distributed optimization is well-developed, relevant literature focused on the application of distributed optimization to multi-robot problems is limited. This survey constitutes the second part of a two-part series on…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-12-02 Ola Shorinwa , Trevor Halsted , Javier Yu , Mac Schwager

The ongoing transition towards energy and power systems dominated by a large number of renewable power injections to the distribution grid poses substantial challenges for system operation, coordination, and control. Optimization-based…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-04-08 Lukas Lanza , Timm Faulwasser , Karl Worthmann