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This work presents a GPU-accelerated solver for the unit commitment (UC) problem in large-scale power grids. The solver uses the Primal-Dual Hybrid Gradient (PDHG) algorithm to efficiently solve the relaxed linear subproblem, achieving…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-12-09 Hussein Sharadga , Javad Mohammadi

In this paper, we establish the convergence properties for a majorized alternating direction method of multipliers (ADMM) for linearly constrained convex optimization problems whose objectives contain coupled functions. Our convergence…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-01-18 Ying Cui , Xudong Li , Defeng Sun , Kim-Chuan Toh

In this work, we consider the distributed optimization problem in which each node has its own convex cost function and can communicate directly only with its neighbors, as determined by a directed communication topology (directed graph or…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-10-07 Wei Jiang , Themistoklis Charalambous

We describe how the powerful "Divide and Concur" algorithm for constraint satisfaction can be derived as a special case of a message-passing version of the Alternating Direction Method of Multipliers (ADMM) algorithm for convex…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2013-05-10 Nate Derbinsky , José Bento , Veit Elser , Jonathan S. Yedidia

We propose a variant of alternating direction method of multiplier (ADMM) to solve constrained trajectory optimization problems. Our ADMM framework breaks a joint optimization into small sub-problems, leading to a low iteration cost and…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-02-28 Ruiqi Ni , Zherong Pan , Xifeng Gao

We discuss an online decentralized decision making problem where the agents are coupled with affine inequality constraints. Alternating Direction Method of Multipliers (ADMM) is used as the computation engine and we discuss the convergence…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-11-20 Yuxiao Chen , Mario Santillo , Mrdjan Jankovic , Aaron D. Ames

In this paper, we review the parallel and distributed optimization algorithms based on alternating direction method of multipliers (ADMM) for solving "big data" optimization problem in smart grid communication networks. We first introduce…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2015-03-03 Lanchao Liu , Zhu Han

Maintaining instantaneous balance between electricity supply and demand is critical for reliability and grid instability. System operators achieve this through solving the task of Unit Commitment (UC),ca high dimensional large-scale…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-24 Muhy Eddin Za'ter , Anna Van Boven , Bri-Mathias Hodge , Kyri Baker

The unit commitment with transmission constraints in the alternating-current (AC) model is a challenging mixed-integer non-linear optimisation problem. We present an approach based on decomposition of a Mixed-Integer Semidefinite…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-06-26 Claudio Gambella , Jakub Marecek , Martin Mevissen , Jose Maria Fernandez Ortega , Sara Pezic Djukic , Mustafa Pezic

In an attempt to speed up the solution of the unit commitment (UC) problem, both machine-learning and optimization-based methods have been proposed to lighten the full UC formulation by removing as many superfluous line-flow constraints as…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-03-15 Álvaro Porras , Salvador Pineda , Juan M. Morales , Asunción Jiménez-Cordero

This paper proposes a provably convergent multiblock ADMM for nonconvex optimization with nonlinear dynamics constraints, overcoming the divergence issue in classical extensions. We consider a class of optimization problems that arise from…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-06-24 Bowen Li , Ya-xiang Yuan

The alternating direction method of multipliers (ADMM) proposed by Glowinski and Marrocco is a benchmark algorithm for two-block separable convex optimization problems with linear equality constraints. It has been modified, specified, and…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-07-15 Bingsheng He , Shengjie Xu , Xiaoming Yuan

The alternating direction method of multipliers (ADMM) is an effective method for solving wide fields of convex problems. At each iteration, the classical ADMM solves two subproblems exactly. However, in many applications, it is expensive…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-03-07 Yan Gu , Nobuo Yamashita

The unit commitment problem (UC) is crucial for the operation and market mechanism of power systems. With the development of modern electricity, the scale of power systems is expanding, and solving the UC problem is also becoming more and…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-11-04 Jiangwei Hou , Qiaozhu Zhai , Yuzhou Zhou , Xiaohong Guan

The alternating direction method of multipliers (ADM or ADMM) breaks a complex optimization problem into much simpler subproblems. The ADM algorithms are typically short and easy to implement yet exhibit (nearly) state-of-the-art…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-02-02 Ming Yan , Wotao Yin

The semidefinite programming (SDP) relaxation has proven to be extremely strong for many hard discrete optimization problems. This is in particular true for the quadratic assignment problem (QAP), arguably one of the hardest NP-hard…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2015-12-18 Danilo Elias Oliveira , Henry Wolkowicz , Yangyang Xu

As the cornerstone of modern power systems, the Unit Commitment Problem (UC) is critical for ensuring operational security and economic efficiency in the ongoing global energy transition. However, existing UC studies typically propose…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2026-04-21 Yuxin Zhao , Han Huang , Fangji Fu , Zhifeng Hao

The Alternating Direction Method of Multipliers (ADMM) is a widely used method for structured convex optimization, and its practical performance depends strongly on the choice of penalty and relaxation parameters. Motivated by settings such…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-04-30 Junan Lin , Paul J. Goulart , Luca Furieri

In this paper, we develop a symmetric accelerated stochastic Alternating Direction Method of Multipliers (SAS-ADMM) for solving separable convex optimization problems with linear constraints. The objective function is the sum of a possibly…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-12-21 Jianchao Bai , Deren Han , Hao Sun , Hongchao Zhang

Despite the numerous uses of semidefinite programming (SDP) and its universal solvability via interior point methods (IPMs), it is rarely applied to practical large-scale problems. This mainly owes to the computational cost of IPMs that…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-03-19 Yifan Ran , Stefan Vlaski , Wei Dai