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We consider the problem of determining the top-$k$ largest measurements from a dataset distributed among a network of $n$ agents with noisy communication links. We show that this scenario can be cast as a distributed convex optimization…

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We consider a standard distributed optimization problem in which networked nodes collaboratively minimize the sum of their locally known convex costs. For this setting, we address for the first time the fundamental problem of design and…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-06-02 Manojlo Vukovic , Dusan Jakovetic , Dragana Bajovic , Soummya Kar

This paper considers the distributed consensus problem of linear multi-agent systems subject to different matching uncertainties for both the cases without and with a leader of bounded unknown control input. Due to the existence of…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2013-12-31 Zhongkui Li , Zhisheng Duan , Frank Lewis

Various distributed optimization methods have been developed for solving problems which have simple local constraint sets and whose objective function is the sum of local cost functions of distributed agents in a network. Motivated by…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2016-11-17 Tsung-Hui Chang , Angelia Nedić , Anna Scaglione

This two-part paper discusses robustification methodologies for linear-iterative distributed algorithms for consensus and coordination problems in multicomponent systems, in which unreliable communication links may drop packets. We consider…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2011-09-30 Alejandro D. Dominguez-Garcia , Christoforos N. Hadjicostis , Nitin H. Vaidya

Multilayer networks provide a more comprehensive framework for exploring real-world and engineering systems than traditional single-layer networks, consisting of multiple interacting networks. However, despite significant research in…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-11-12 C. D. Rodríguez-Camargo , A. F. Urquijo-Rodríguez , E. A. Mojica-Nava

This paper studies the problem of estimation from relative measurements in a graph, in which a vector indexed over the nodes has to be reconstructed from pairwise measurements of differences between its components associated to nodes…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2018-07-27 Chiara Ravazzi , Nelson P. K. Chan , Paolo Frasca

The distributed optimal output consensus problem for high-order multi-agent systems has been studied recently. In this paper, we further focus on the same problem for high-order multi-agent systems subject to parametric uncertainties and…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-11-23 Yutao Tang , Kui Zhu

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

This paper presents a distributed continuous-time optimization framework aimed at overcoming the challenges posed by time-varying cost functions and constraints in multi-agent systems, particularly those subject to disturbances. By…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-09-10 Zeinab Ebrahimi , Mohammad Deghat

The distributed biased min-consensus (DBMC) protocol is an iterative scheme that solves the shortest path problem asymptotically, requiring only local information exchange between neighboring nodes. By appropriately designing the gain…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-09-25 Zicheng Huang , Wangzhi Zhou , Yuanqiu Mo

In this paper, we focus on the distributed quantized average consensus problem in open multi-agent systems consisting of communication links that change dynamically over time. Open multi-agent systems exhibiting the aforementioned…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-08-11 Jiaqi Hu , Karl H. Johansson , Apostolos I. Rikos

We introduce \emph{ScalableMax}, a novel communication scheme for achieving max-consensus in a network of multiple agents which harnesses the interference in the wireless channel as well as its multicast capabilities. In a sufficiently…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-03-01 Navneet Agrawal , Matthias Frey , Slawomir Stanczak

This article introduces a decentralized robust optimization framework for safe multi-agent control under uncertainty. Although stochastic noise has been the primary form of modeling uncertainty in such systems, these formulations might fall…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-08-19 Arshiya Taj Abdul , Augustinos D. Saravanos , Evangelos A. Theodorou

This paper proposes an accelerated consensus-based distributed iterative algorithm for resource allocation and scheduling. The proposed gradient-tracking algorithm introduces an auxiliary variable to add momentum towards the optimal state.…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-03-11 Mohammadreza Doostmohammadian , Zulfiya R. Gabidullina , Hamid R. Rabiee

Consider a connected network of agents endowed with local cost functions representing private objectives. Agents seek to find an agreement on some minimizer of the aggregate cost, by means of repeated communications between neighbors.…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2013-09-30 Walid Ben-Ameur , Pascal Bianchi , Jérémie Jakubowicz

The paper investigates the distributed estimation problem under low bit rate communications. Based on the signal-comparison (SC) consensus protocol under binary-valued communications, a new consensus+innovations type distributed estimation…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-03-25 Jieming Ke , Xiaodong Lu , Yanlong Zhao , Ji-Feng Zhang

We study distributed optimization problems over a network when the communication between the nodes is constrained, and so information that is exchanged between the nodes must be quantized. This imperfect communication poses a fundamental…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-10-30 Thinh T. Doan , Siva Theja Maguluri , Justin Romberg

This paper presents the formulation and analysis of a fully distributed dynamic event-triggered communication based robust dynamic average consensus algorithm. Dynamic average consensus problem involves a networked set of agents estimating…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-09-20 Jemin George , Xinlei Yi , Tao Yang

We study non-convex distributed optimization problems where a set of agents collaboratively solve a separable optimization problem that is distributed over a time-varying network. The existing methods to solve these problems rely on (at…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-04-26 Hadi Reisizadeh , Behrouz Touri , Soheil Mohajer