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We consider the problems of computing the average degree and the size of a given network in a distributed fashion under quantized communication. We present two distributed algorithms which rely on quantized operation (i.e., nodes process…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-11-30 Apostolos I. Rikos , Themistoklis Charalambous , Christoforos N. Hadjicostis , Karl H. Johansson

We propose a new distributed algorithm for computing a truncated Newton method, where the main diagonal of the Hessian is computed using belief propagation. As a case study for this approach, we examine the sensor selection problem, a…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2010-01-14 Danny Bickson , Danny Dolev

In this paper, an efficient modified Newton type algorithm is proposed for nonlinear unconstrianed optimization problems. The modified Hessian is a convex combination of the identity matrix (for steepest descent algorithm) and the Hessian…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2015-10-09 Yaguang Yang

We present a distributed proximal-gradient method for optimizing the average of convex functions, each of which is the private local objective of an agent in a network with time-varying topology. The local objectives have distinct…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2012-10-09 Annie I. Chen , Asuman Ozdaglar

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

Motivated by decentralized sensing and policy evaluation problems, we consider a particular type of distributed stochastic optimization problem over a network, called the online stochastic distributed averaging problem. We design a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-08-10 Sheng Zhang , Ashwin Pananjady , Justin Romberg

This paper delves into the investigation of a distributed aggregative optimization problem within a network. In this scenario, each agent possesses its own local cost function, which relies not only on the local state variable but also on…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-04-01 Jiaxu Liu , Song Chen , Shengze Cai , Chao Xu , Jian Chu

This paper aims to address distributed optimization problems over directed and time-varying networks, where the global objective function consists of a sum of locally accessible convex objective functions subject to a feasible set…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-07-14 Xiuxian Li , Gang Feng , Lihua Xie

Motivated by economic dispatch and linearly-constrained resource allocation problems, this paper proposes a novel Distributed Approx-Newton algorithm that approximates the standard Newton optimization method. A main property of this…

Numerical Analysis · Computer Science 2017-03-24 Tor Anderson , Chin-Yao Chang , Sonia Martinez

Adaptive networks (ANs) are effective real time techniques to process and track events observed by sensor networks and, more recently, to equip Internet of Things (IoT) applications. ANs operate over nodes equipped with collaborative…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-07-13 Cassio G. Lopes , Vítor H. Nascimento , Luiz F. O. Chamon

This paper aims to solve a distributed resource allocation problem with binary local constraints. The problem is formulated as a binary program with a cost function defined by the summation of agent costs plus a global mismatch/penalty…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-07-29 Tor Anderson , Sonia Martinez

We develop a distributed stochastic gradient descent algorithm for solving non-convex optimization problems under the assumption that the local objective functions are twice continuously differentiable with Lipschitz continuous gradients…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-08-20 Jemin George , Tao Yang , He Bai , Prudhvi Gurram

We consider whether distributed subgradient methods can achieve a linear speedup over a centralized subgradient method. While it might be hoped that distributed network of $n$ nodes that can compute $n$ times more subgradients in parallel…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-07-28 Alex Olshevsky

Newton method is one of the most powerful methods for finding solutions of nonlinear equations and for proving their existence. In its "pure" form it has fast convergence near the solution, but small convergence domain. On the other hand…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-08-27 Boris Polyak , Andrey Tremba

Feedback optimization is an increasingly popular control paradigm to optimize dynamical systems, accounting for control objectives that concern the system operation at steady-state. Existing feedback optimization techniques heavily rely on…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-04-08 Amir Mehrnoosh , Gianluca Bianchin

Distributed optimization utilizes local computation and communication to realize a global aim of optimizing the sum of local objective functions. This article addresses a class of constrained distributed nonconvex optimization problems…

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Alternating Direction Method of Multipliers (ADMM) is a popular algorithm for distributed learning, where a network of nodes collaboratively solve a regularized empirical risk minimization by iterative local computation associated with…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-05-19 Zonghao Huang , Yanmin Gong

In this paper, we address two practical challenges of distributed learning in multi-agent network systems, namely personalization and resilience. Personalization is the need of heterogeneous agents to learn local models tailored to their…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2026-01-01 Luca Ballotta , Nicola Bastianello , Riccardo M. G. Ferrari , Karl H. Johansson

Distributed optimization finds applications in large-scale machine learning, data processing and classification over multi-agent networks. In real-world scenarios, the communication network of agents may encounter latency that may affect…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-10-06 Mohammadreza Doostmohammadian , Narahari Kasagatta Ramesh , Alireza Aghasi

Distributed Opportunistic Scheduling (DOS) techniques have been recently proposed to improve the throughput performance of wireless networks. With DOS, each station contends for the channel with a certain access probability. If a contention…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2014-12-16 Andres Garcia-Saavedra , Albert Banchs , Pablo Serrano , Joerg Widmer