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In distributed networks, calculating the maximum element is a fundamental task in data analysis, known as the distributed maximum consensus problem. However, the sensitive nature of the data involved makes privacy protection essential.…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2024-09-17 Wenrui Yu , Richard Heusdens , Jun Pang , Qiongxiu Li

This paper studies the average consensus problem with differential privacy of initial states, for which it is widely recognized that there is a trade-off between the mean-square computation accuracy and privacy level. Considering the…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-05-07 Lei Wang , Weijia Liu , Fanghong Guo , Zixin Qiao , Zhengguang Wu

This paper proposes a privacy-preserving algorithm to solve the average consensus problem based on Shamir's secret sharing scheme, in which a network of agents reach an agreement on their states without exposing their individual state until…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2020-11-20 Silun Zhang , Thomas Ohlson Timoudas , Munther Dahleh

Classical approaches for asymptotic convergence to the global average in a distributed fashion typically assume timely and reliable exchange of information between neighboring components of a given multi-component system. These assumptions…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2013-02-25 Christoforos N. Hadjicostis , Themistoklis Charalambous

We propose a new decentralized average consensus algorithm with compressed communication that scales linearly with the network size n. We prove that the proposed method converges to the average of the initial values held locally by the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-09-16 Mohammad Taha Toghani , César A. Uribe

In this paper, we study a distributed privacy-preserving learning problem in social networks with general topology. The agents can communicate with each other over the network, which may result in privacy disclosure, since the…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2023-01-30 Youming Tao , Shuzhen Chen , Feng Li , Dongxiao Yu , Jiguo Yu , Hao Sheng

We study distributed average consensus problems in multi-agent systems with directed communication links that are subject to quantized information flow. The goal of distributed average consensus is for the nodes, each associated with some…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2018-06-25 Apostolos I. Rikos , Christoforos N. Hadjicostis

In this paper we propose a novel method for achieving average consensus in a continuous-time multiagent network while avoiding to disclose the initial states of the individual agents. In order to achieve privacy protection of the state…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2020-07-28 Claudio Altafini

In this paper, we address the distributed average consensus problem over directed networks in open multi-agent systems (OMAS), where the stability of the network is disrupted by frequent agent arrivals and departures, leading to a…

We study the asymptotic properties of distributed consensus algorithms over switching directed random networks. More specifically, we focus on consensus algorithms over independent and identically distributed, directed random graphs, where…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2010-04-21 Victor M. Preciado , Alireza Tahbaz-Salehi , Ali Jadbabaie

This paper considers the problem of dynamic average consensus algorithm design for a group of communicating agents. This problem consists of designing a distributed algorithm that enables a group of agents with communication and computation…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2018-11-27 Solmaz S. Kia , Bryan Van Scoy , Jorge Cortes , Randy A. Freeman , Kevin M. Lynch , Sonia Martinez

A variety of problems in distributed control involve a networked system of autonomous agents cooperating to carry out some complex task in a decentralized fashion, e.g., orienting a flock of drones, or aggregating data from a network of…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2018-05-01 Bernadette Charron-Bost , Patrick Lambein-Monette

The consensus problem in distributed computing involves a network of agents aiming to compute the average of their initial vectors through local communication, represented by an undirected graph. This paper focuses on the studying of this…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-11-26 Nhat Trung Nguyen , Alexander Rogozin , Alexander Gasnikov

Achieving average consensus without disclosing sensitive information can be a critical concern for multi-agent coordination. This paper examines privacy-preserving average consensus (PPAC) for vector-valued multi-agent networks. In…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-09-23 Lulu Pan , Haibin Shao , Yang Lu , Mehran Mesbahi , Dewei Li , Yugeng Xi

The existing cryptosystem based approaches for privacy-preserving consensus of networked systems are usually limited to those with undirected topologies. This paper proposes a new privacy-preserving algorithm for networked systems with…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2022-01-19 Wentuo Fang , Zhiyong Chen , Mohsen Zamani

This paper addresses the problem of distributed learning of average belief with sequential observations, in which a network of $n>1$ agents aim to reach a consensus on the average value of their beliefs, by exchanging information only with…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2018-11-20 Kaiqing Zhang , Yang Liu , Ji Liu , Mingyan Liu , Tamer Başar

We study the distributed average consensus problem in multi-agent systems with directed communication links that are subject to quantized information flow. The goal of distributed average consensus is for the nodes, each associated with…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-04-01 Apostolos I. Rikos , Christoforos N. Hadjicostis

Distributed consensus protocols provide a mechanism for spreading information within clustered networks, allowing agents and clusters to make decisions without requiring direct access to the state of the ensemble. In this work, we propose a…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-12-12 Federico M. Zegers , Sean Phillips

We consider a multi agent optimization problem where a set of agents collectively solves a global optimization problem with the objective function given by the sum of locally known convex functions. We focus on the case when information…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-03-14 Ali Makhdoumi , Asuman Ozdaglar

Consensus and leader election are fundamental problems in distributed systems. Consensus is the problem in which all processes in a distributed computation must agree on some value. Average consensus is a popular form of consensus, where…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2023-01-30 Luke Sperling , Sandeep S Kulkarni