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We analyze the convergence of decentralized consensus algorithm with delayed gradient information across the network. The nodes in the network privately hold parts of the objective function and collaboratively solve for the consensus…

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This paper studies a challenging issue introduced in a recent survey, namely designing a distributed event-based scheme to solve the dynamic average consensus (DAC) problem. First, a robust adaptive distributed event-based DAC algorithm is…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-11-23 Tao Xu , Zhisheng Duan , Guanghui Wen , Zhiyong Sun

This paper studies the formation stabilization problem of asynchronous nonlinear multi-agent systems (MAS) subject to parametric uncertainties, external disturbances and bounded time-varying communication delays. A self-triggered min-max…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-02-22 Henglai Wei , Kunwu Zhang , Yang Shi

Communication compression techniques are of growing interests for solving the decentralized optimization problem under limited communication, where the global objective is to minimize the average of local cost functions over a multi-agent…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-06-21 Yiwei Liao , Zhuorui Li , Kun Huang , Shi Pu

We consider decentralized machine learning over a network where the training data is distributed across $n$ agents, each of which can compute stochastic model updates on their local data. The agent's common goal is to find a model that…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2022-02-09 Anastasia Koloskova , Tao Lin , Sebastian U. Stich

This paper is devoted to distributed continuous-time and discrete-time optimization problems with nonuniform convex constraint sets and nonuniform stepsizes for general differentiable convex objective functions. The communication graphs are…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-03-03 Peng Lin , Wei Ren , Chunhua Yang , Weihua Gui

Gradient tracking (GT) is an algorithm designed for solving decentralized optimization problems over a network (such as training a machine learning model). A key feature of GT is a tracking mechanism that allows to overcome data…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-01-05 Yue Liu , Tao Lin , Anastasia Koloskova , Sebastian U. Stich

We study distributed stochastic gradient (D-SG) method and its accelerated variant (D-ASG) for solving decentralized strongly convex stochastic optimization problems where the objective function is distributed over several computational…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-10-05 Alireza Fallah , Mert Gurbuzbalaban , Asuman Ozdaglar , Umut Simsekli , Lingjiong Zhu

We develop a Distributed Event-Triggered Stochastic GRAdient Descent (DETSGRAD) algorithm for solving non-convex optimization problems typically encountered in distributed deep learning. We propose a novel communication triggering mechanism…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-09-12 Jemin George , Prudhvi Gurram

This work considers the problem of decentralized online learning, where the goal is to track the optimum of the sum of time-varying functions, distributed across several nodes in a network. The local availability of the functions and their…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-02-14 Shivangi Dubey Sharma , Ketan Rajawat

This paper studies the problem of stabilization of a nonlinear system with time-varying delays in both sensing and actuation using event-triggered control. Our proposed strategy seeks to opportunistically minimize the number of control…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2020-01-14 Erfan Nozari , Pavankumar Tallapragada , Jorge Cortés

Distributed sensor networks have gained interest thanks to the developments in processing power and communications. Event-triggering mechanisms can be useful in reducing communication between the nodes of the network, while still ensuring…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-11-27 Irene Perez-Salesa , Rodrigo Aldana-Lopez , Carlos Sagues

In this paper we propose and analyze a distributed algorithm for achieving globally optimal decisions, either estimation or detection, through a self-synchronization mechanism among linearly coupled integrators initialized with local…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-11-15 Gesualdo Scutari , Sergio Barbarossa , Loreto Pescosolido

As multi-agent networks grow in size and scale, they become increasingly difficult to synchronize, though agents must work together even when generating and sharing different information at different times. Targeting such cases, this paper…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-09-18 Stefan Hochhaus , Matthew Hale

Feedback control algorithms traditionally rely on periodic execution on digital platforms. While this simplifies design and analysis, it often leads to inefficient resource usage (e.g., CPU, network bandwidth) in embedded control and shared…

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Distributed learning has gained significant attention due to its advantages in scalability, privacy, and fault tolerance.In this paradigm, multiple agents collaboratively train a global model by exchanging parameters only with their…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-03-31 Ziqin Chen , Yongqiang Wang

This paper studies a class of distributed optimization problems with coupled equality constraints in networked systems. Many existing distributed algorithms rely on solving local subproblems via the $\operatorname{argmin}$ operator in each…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-11-26 Chenyang Qiu , Zongli Lin

This paper re-visits a multi-agent deployment problem where agents are restricted from requesting information from other agents as well as sending acknowledgments when information is received. These communication constraints relax the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-10-25 Mohanad Ajina , Daniel Tabatabai , Cameron Nowzari

This paper presents a set of continuous-time distributed algorithms that solve unconstrained, separable, convex optimization problems over undirected networks with fixed topologies. The algorithms are developed using a Lyapunov function…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2011-09-27 Jie Lu , Choon Yik Tang

This paper considers the problem of asynchronous distributed multi-agent optimization on server-based system architecture. In this problem, each agent has a local cost, and the goal for the agents is to collectively find a minimum of their…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2021-06-09 Shuo Liu , Nirupam Gupta , Nitin H. Vaidya