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This paper studies the optimal points in the capacity region of Gaussian multiple access channels (GMACs) with constant fading, multiple antennas and various power constraints. The points of interest maximize general rate objectives that…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-01-15 Daniel Calabuig , Ramy H. Gohary , Halim Yanikomeroglu

In this work, we study the $k$-median and $k$-means clustering problems when the data is distributed across many servers and can contain outliers. While there has been a lot of work on these problems for worst-case instances, we focus on…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2019-03-08 Pranjal Awasthi , Ainesh Bakshi , Maria-Florina Balcan , Colin White , David Woodruff

In this paper, we study distributed stochastic optimization to minimize a sum of smooth and strongly-convex local cost functions over a network of agents, communicating over a strongly-connected graph. Assuming that each agent has access to…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2019-04-11 Ran Xin , Anit Kumar Sahu , Usman A. Khan , Soummya Kar

Distributed stochastic non-convex optimization problems have recently received attention due to the growing interest of signal processing, computer vision, and natural language processing communities in applications deployed over…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-10-14 Yiyue Chen , Abolfazl Hashemi , Haris Vikalo

We study the distributed optimization of transmit strategies in a multiple-input, single-output (MISO) interference channel (IFC). Existing distributed algorithms rely on stricly synchronized update steps by the individual users. They…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-06-19 Stefan Wesemann , Gerhard Fettweis

The capacity region of a two-transmitter Gaussian multiple access channel (MAC) under average input power constraints is studied, when the receiver employs a zero-threshold one-bit analog-to-digital converter (ADC). It is proved that the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-10-17 Borzoo Rassouli , Morteza Varasteh , Deniz Gunduz

In this work, we first consider distributed convex constrained optimization problems where the objective function is encoded by multiple local and possibly nonsmooth objectives privately held by a group of agents, and propose a distributed…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-02-20 Changxin Liu , Huiping Li , Yang Shi

This paper considers the problem of decentralized submodular maximization subject to partition matroid constraint using a sequential greedy algorithm with probabilistic inter-agent message-passing. We propose a communication-aware framework…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2024-09-17 Joan Vendrell , Solmaz Kia

We study distributed algorithms for solving global optimization problems in which the objective function is the sum of local objective functions of agents and the constraint set is given by the intersection of local constraint sets of…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2015-03-14 Ilan Lobel , Asuman Ozdaglar , Diego Feijer

An additive noise channel is considered, in which the distribution of the noise is nonparametric and unknown. The problem of learning encoders and decoders based on noise samples is considered. For uncoded communication systems, the problem…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-11-17 Nir Weinberger

We study optimization algorithms for the finite sum problems frequently arising in machine learning applications. First, we propose novel variants of stochastic gradient descent with a variance reduction property that enables linear…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2017-07-06 Jakub Konečný

We consider the problem of distributed mean estimation (DME), in which $n$ machines are each given a local $d$-dimensional vector $x_v \in \mathbb{R}^d$, and must cooperate to estimate the mean of their inputs $\mu = \frac 1n\sum_{v = 1}^n…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-04-08 Peter Davies , Vijaykrishna Gurunathan , Niusha Moshrefi , Saleh Ashkboos , Dan Alistarh

We consider network-based decentralized optimization problems, where each node in the network possesses a local function and the objective is to collectively attain a consensus solution that minimizes the sum of all the local functions. A…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-09-07 Suhail M. Shah , Albert S. Berahas , Raghu Bollapragada

Developing an efficient spectrum access policy enables cognitive radios to dramatically increase spectrum utilization while ensuring predetermined quality of service levels for primary users. In this paper, modeling, performance analysis,…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2014-09-04 Hossein Shokri-Ghadikolaei , Carlo Fischione

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

In this paper, we investigate a distributed learning scheme for a broad class of stochastic optimization problems and games that arise in signal processing and wireless communications. The proposed algorithm relies on the method of matrix…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-04-05 Panayotis Mertikopoulos , E. Veronica Belmega , Romain Negrel , Luca Sanguinetti

Distributed network utility maximization (NUM) has received an increasing intensity of interest over the past few years. Distributed solutions (e.g., the primal-dual gradient method) have been intensively investigated under fading channels.…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-03-17 Junting Chen , Vincent K. N. Lau , Yong Cheng

We consider the task of decentralized minimization of the sum of smooth strongly convex functions stored across the nodes of a network. For this problem, lower bounds on the number of gradient computations and the number of communication…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-11-16 Dmitry Kovalev , Adil Salim , Peter Richtárik

Distributed optimization plays an important role in modern large-scale machine learning and data processing systems by optimizing the utilization of computational resources. One of the classical and popular approaches is Local Stochastic…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-12-19 Andrey Sadchikov , Savelii Chezhegov , Aleksandr Beznosikov , Alexander Gasnikov

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