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We propose a divide-and-conquer (DAC) algorithm for constrained convex optimization over networks, where the global objective is the sum of local objectives attached to individual agents. The algorithm is fully distributed: each iteration…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-10-03 Nazar Emirov , Guohui Song , Qiyu Sun

This paper proposes a novel CTA (Combine-Then-Adapt)-based decentralized algorithm for solving convex composite optimization problems over undirected and connected networks. The local loss function in these problems contains both smooth and…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-03-07 Luyao Guo , Xinli Shi , Jinde Cao , Zihao Wang

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

This note studies the distributed non-convex optimization problem with non-smooth regularization, which has wide applications in decentralized learning, estimation and control. The objective function is the sum of different local objective…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-03-04 Xia Jiang , Xianlin Zeng , Jian Sun , Jie Chen

Despite significant advances on distributed continuous-time optimization of multi-agent networks, there is still lack of an efficient algorithm to achieve the goal of distributed optimization at a pre-specified time. Herein, we design a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-06-23 Jialing Zhou , Yuezu Lv , Changyun Wen , Guanghui Wen

This paper proposes a new framework for distributed optimization, called distributed aggregative optimization, which allows local objective functions to be dependent not only on their own decision variables, but also on the average of…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-05-28 Xiuxian Li , Lihua Xie , Yiguang Hong

The paper considers distributed stochastic optimization over randomly switching networks, where agents collaboratively minimize the average of all agents' local expectation-valued convex cost functions. Due to the stochasticity in gradient…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-04-07 Jinlong Lei , Peng Yi , Jie Chen , Yiguang Hong

In this paper, a distributed convex optimization algorithm, termed \emph{distributed coordinate dual averaging} (DCDA) algorithm, is proposed. The DCDA algorithm addresses the scenario of a large distributed optimization problem with…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2018-10-31 Milind Rao , Stefano Rini , Andrea Goldsmith

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

In this paper we consider a distributed optimization scenario in which the aggregate objective function to minimize is partitioned, big-data and possibly non-convex. Specifically, we focus on a set-up in which the dimension of the decision…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2017-03-27 Ivano Notarnicola , Giuseppe Notarstefano

In this paper, a distributed velocity-constrained consensus problem is studied for discrete-time multi-agent systems, where each agent's velocity is constrained to lie in a nonconvex set. A distributed constrained control algorithm is…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-03-05 Peng Lin , Wei Ren , Huijun Gao

A novel distributed algorithm is proposed for finite-time converging to a feasible consensus solution satisfying global optimality to a certain accuracy of the distributed robust convex optimization problem (DRCO) subject to bounded…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-09-06 Xunhao Wu , Jun Fu

We consider cooperative multi-agent resource sharing problems over time-varying communication networks, where only local communications are allowed. The objective is to minimize the sum of agent-specific composite convex functions subject…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-08-27 Necdet Serhat Aybat , Erfan Yazdandoost Hamedani

In this paper, we develop a class of decentralized algorithms for solving a convex resource allocation problem in a network of $n$ agents, where the agent objectives are decoupled while the resource constraints are coupled. The agents…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-12-18 Angelia Nedić , Alex Olshevsky , Wei Shi

We consider distributed convex-concave saddle point problems over arbitrary connected undirected networks and propose a decentralized distributed algorithm for their solution. The local functions distributed across the nodes are assumed to…

This paper proposes a novel class of distributed continuous-time coordination algorithms to solve network optimization problems whose cost function is a sum of local cost functions associated to the individual agents. We establish the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2014-08-25 Solmaz S. Kia , Jorge Cortes , Sonia Martinez

This paper investigates the distributed fixed point seeking problem of sum-separable stochastic operators over the multi-agent network. Based on inexact Krasnosel'ski\u{\i}--Mann iterations, the communication-efficient distributed algorithm…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-05-22 Fan Li , Lei Xu , Xinlei Yi , Guanghui Wen , Yang Shi , Tao Yang

We study distributed multi-agent large-scale optimization problems, wherein the cost function is composed of a smooth possibly nonconvex sum-utility plus a DC (Difference-of-Convex) regularizer. We consider the scenario where the dimension…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2018-05-29 Ivano Notarnicola , Ying Sun , Gesualdo Scutari , Giuseppe Notarstefano

We study distributed big-data nonconvex optimization in multi-agent networks. We consider the (constrained) minimization of the sum of a smooth (possibly) nonconvex function, i.e., the agents' sum-utility, plus a convex (possibly) nonsmooth…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-09-03 Ivano Notarnicola , Ying Sun , Gesualdo Scutari , Giuseppe Notarstefano

One of the most important problems in the field of distributed optimization is the problem of minimizing a sum of local convex objective functions over a networked system. Most of the existing work in this area focus on developing…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-01-08 Fatemeh Mansoori , Ermin Wei