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We propose a new dynamic average consensus algorithm that is robust to information-sharing noise arising from differential-privacy design. Not only is dynamic average consensus widely used in cooperative control and distributed tracking, it…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2023-07-13 Yongqiang Wang

Consensus algorithms form the foundation for many distributed algorithms by enabling multiple robots to converge to consistent estimates of global variables using only local communication. However, standard consensus protocols can be easily…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-09-22 Kelsey Saulnier , Lifeng Zhou , George Pappas , Vijay Kumar

We present a distributed average consensus protocol that preserves the privacy of agents' inputs. Unlike the differential privacy mechanisms, the presented protocol does not affect the accuracy of the output. It is shown that the protocol…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2020-04-14 Nirupam Gupta , Jonathan Katz , Nikhil Chopra

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

This paper studies resilient multi-agent distributed estimation of an unknown vector parameter when a subset of the agents is adversarial. We present and analyze a Flag Raising Distributed Estimator ($\mathcal{FRDE}$) that allows the agents…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-05-09 Yuan Chen , Soummya Kar , José M. F. Moura

This paper studies the distributed multi-agent resilient optimization problem under the f-total Byzantine attacks. Compared with the previous work on Byzantineresilient multi-agent exact optimization problems, we do not require the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-03-29 Yang Zhai , Zhi-Wei Liu , Dong Yue , Songlin Hu , Xiangpeng Xie

In this paper, we present a dynamic median consensus protocol for multi-agent systems using acoustic communication. The motivating target scenario is a multi-agent system consisting of underwater robots acting as intelligent sensors,…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-05-05 Goran Vasiljevic , Tamara Petrovic , Barbara Arbanas , Stjepan Bogdan

In this paper, an optimal output consensus problem is studied for discrete-time linear multiagent systems subject to external disturbances. Each agent is assigned with a local cost function which is known only to itself. Distributed…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-12-29 Yutao Tang , Hao Zhu , Xiaoyong Lv

This paper presents an adversary detection mechanism and a resilient control framework for multi-agent systems under spatiotemporal constraints. Safety in multi-agent systems is typically addressed under the assumption that all agents…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-07-22 Aquib Mustafa , Dimitra Panagou

Decentralized multi-agent reinforcement learning (MARL) algorithms have become popular in the literature since it allows heterogeneous agents to have their own reward functions as opposed to canonical multi-agent Markov Decision Process…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-06-19 Soumajyoti Sarkar

An autonomous and resilient controller is proposed for leader-follower multi-agent systems under uncertainties and cyber-physical attacks. The leader is assumed non-autonomous with a nonzero control input, which allows changing the team…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2018-04-10 Rohollah Moghadam , Hamidreza Modares

Microgrids (MGs) have been equipped with large-scale distributed energy sources (DESs), and become more vulnerable due to the low inertia characteristic. In particular, high-density misbehaving DESs caused by cascading faults bring a great…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-09-19 Yutong Li , Lili Wang

There has been a growing trend toward leveraging machine learning (ML) and deep learning (DL) techniques to optimize and enhance the performance of wireless communication systems. However, limited attention has been given to the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-11-04 Bui Duc Son , Gaosheng Zhao , Trinh Van Chien , Dong In Kim

This paper investigates the distributed consensus tracking control problem for general linear multi-agent systems (MASs) with external disturbances and heterogeneous time-varying input and communication delays under a directed communication…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-05-04 Wei Jiang , Kun Liu , Themistoklis Charalambous

This paper proposes a novel approach to design reduced-order distributed consensus controllers for multi-agent systems (MASs) with identical linear dynamics of agents. A new model namely edge dynamics representing the differences on agents'…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2016-05-13 Dinh Hoa Nguyen

Modern distributed systems rely on consensus protocols to build a fault-tolerant-core upon which they can build applications. Consensus protocols are correct under a specific failure model, where up to $f$ machines can fail. We argue that…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2026-02-13 Reginald Frank , Soujanya Ponnapalli , Octavio Lomeli , Neil Giridharan , Marcos K Aguilera , Natacha Crooks

This paper addresses the problem of distributed resilient state estimation and control for linear time-invariant systems in the presence of malicious false data injection sensor attacks and bounded noise. We consider a system operator…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-07-17 Takumi Shinohara , Karl H. Johansson , Henrik Sandberg

In this paper, we provide a theoretical analysis for nonlinear discontinuous consensus protocols in networks of multiagents over weighted directed graphs. By integrating the analytic tools from nonsmooth stability analysis and graph theory,…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2013-11-26 Liu Bo , Lu Wenlian , Chen Tianping

In this paper, we develop an algorithm for federated principal component analysis (PCA) with emphases on both communication efficiency and data privacy. Generally speaking, federated PCA algorithms based on direct adaptations of classic…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-10-29 Lei Wang , Xin Liu , Yin Zhang

In this paper, we study distributed consensus in the radio network setting. We produce new upper and lower bounds for this problem in an abstract MAC layer model that captures the key guarantees provided by most wireless MAC layers. In more…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2014-05-07 Calvin Newport