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Distributed aggregative optimization methods are gaining increased traction due to their ability to address cooperative control and optimization problems, where the objective function of each agent depends not only on its own decision…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2025-06-03 Ziqin Chen , Magnus Egerstedt , Yongqiang Wang

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

In this paper, we investigate a distributed aggregative optimization problem in a network, where each agent has its own local cost function which depends not only on the local state variable but also on an aggregated function of state…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-04-18 Jiaxu Liu , Song Chen , Shengze Cai , Chao Xu

In this paper, we propose a novel solution for the distributed unconstrained optimization problem where the total cost is the summation of time-varying local cost functions of a group networked agents. The objective is to track the optimal…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-12-20 Amir-Salar Esteki , Solmaz S. Kia

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

This paper proposes networked dynamics to solve resource allocation problems over time-varying multi-agent networks. The state of each agent represents the amount of used resources (or produced utilities) while the total amount of resources…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-07-26 Mohammadreza Doostmohammadian , Alireza Aghasi , Mohammad Pirani , Ehsan Nekouei , Usman A. Khan , Themistoklis Charalambous

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

Modern artificial intelligence relies on networks of agents that collect data, process information, and exchange it with neighbors to collaboratively solve optimization and learning problems. This article introduces a novel distributed…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-01-15 Diego Deplano , Nicola Bastianello , Mauro Franceschelli , Karl H. Johansson

This paper presents distributed algorithmic solutions that employ opportunistic inter-agent communication to achieve dynamic average consensus. In our solutions each agent is endowed with a local criterion that enables it to determine…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2015-03-03 Solmaz S. Kia , Jorge Cortes , Sonia Martinez

The paper studies a distributed constrained optimization problem, where multiple agents connected in a network collectively minimize the sum of individual objective functions subject to a global constraint being an intersection of the local…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-03-08 Jinlong Lei , Han-Fu Chen , Hai-Tao Fang

We present a principled and efficient planning algorithm for collaborative multiagent dynamical systems. All computation, during both the planning and the execution phases, is distributed among the agents; each agent only needs to model and…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2013-01-07 Carlos E. Guestrin , Geoffrey Gordon

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 2019-07-26 Apostolos I. Rikos , Christoforos N. Hadjicostis

This thesis is concerned with distributed control and coordination of networks consisting of multiple, potentially mobile, agents. This is motivated mainly by the emergence of large scale networks characterized by the lack of centralized…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2010-10-01 Alex Olshevsky

In this work, we consider solving a distributed optimization problem in a multi-agent network with multiple clusters. In each cluster, the involved agents cooperatively optimize a separable composite function with a common decision…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-03-03 Jianzheng Wang , Guoqiang Hu

A distributed discrete-time algorithm is proposed for multi-agent networks to achieve a common least squares solution of a group of linear equations, in which each agent only knows some of the equations and is only able to receive…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2017-10-02 Xuan Wang , Jingqiu Zhou , Shaoshuai Mou , Martin J. Corless

In this paper, we propose a distributed algorithm, called Directed-Distributed Gradient Descent (D-DGD), to solve multi-agent optimization problems over directed graphs. Existing algorithms mostly deal with similar problems under the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-02-02 Chenguang Xi , Qiong Wu , Usman A. Khan

This paper presents a special type of distributed optimization problems, where the summation of agents' local cost functions (i.e., global cost function) is convex, but each individual can be non-convex. Unlike most distributed optimization…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-08-16 Yipeng Pang , Guoqiang Hu

This paper considers a distributed convex optimization problem over a time-varying multi-agent network, where each agent has its own decision variables that should be set so as to minimize its individual objective subject to local…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-05-22 Chuanye Gu , Zhiyou Wu , Jueyou Li , Yaning Guo

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 a convex unconstrained optimization problem that arises in a network of agents whose goal is to cooperatively optimize the sum of the individual agent objective functions through local computations and communications. For this…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2008-03-11 Angelia Nedić , Alex Olshevsky , Asuman Ozdaglar , John N. Tsitsiklis