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This paper considers the distributed optimization of a sum of locally observable, non-convex functions. The optimization is performed over a multi-agent networked system, and each local function depends only on a subset of the variables. An…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-05-04 Sandeep Kumar , Rahul Jain , Ketan Rajawat

This paper considers a distributed stochastic strongly convex optimization, where agents connected over a network aim to cooperatively minimize the average of all agents' local cost functions. Due to the stochasticity of gradient estimation…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-02-17 Jinlong Lei , Peng Yi , Jie Chen , Yiguang Hong

This paper proves that a wide class of local search algorithms extend as is to the fully dynamic setting with an adaptive adversary, achieving an amortized $\tilde{O}(1)$ number of local-search steps per update. A breakthrough by Moser…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-04-23 Bernhard Haeupler , Slobodan Mitrović , Srikkanth Ramachandran , Wen-Horng Sheu , Robert Tarjan

In classic distributed graph problems, each instance on a graph specifies a space of feasible solutions (e.g. all proper ($\Delta+1$)-list-colorings of the graph), and the task of distributed algorithm is to construct a feasible solution…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2018-02-20 Weiming Feng , Yitong Yin

This work develops an LLM-based optimization framework ensuring strict constraint satisfaction in network optimization. While LLMs possess contextual reasoning capabilities, existing approaches often fail to enforce constraints, causing…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-09-10 Youngjin Song , Wookjin Lee , Hong Ki Kim , Sang Hyun Lee

This paper addresses the behavior of the Lov\'asz number for dense random circulant graphs. The Lov\'asz number is a well-known semidefinite programming upper bound on the independence number. Circulant graphs, an example of a Cayley graph,…

Algorithmic meta-theorems, stating that graph properties expressible in some particular logic can be decided efficiently in graph classes having some specific structural properties, are now standard in sequential graph algorithms. One of…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-07-16 Benjamin Jauregui , Jason Li , Pedro Montealegre , Ioan Todinca

We attempt to better understand randomization in local distributed graph algorithms by exploring how randomness is used and what we can gain from it: - We first ask the question of how much randomness is needed to obtain efficient…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2019-06-04 Mohsen Ghaffari , Fabian Kuhn

The paper considers the SUPPORTED model of distributed computing introduced by Schmid and Suomela [HotSDN'13], generalizing the LOCAL and CONGEST models. In this framework, multiple instances of the same problem, differing from each other…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2023-01-02 Akanksha Agrawal , John Augustine , David Peleg , Srikkanth Ramachandran

The rapid growth of Large Language Models (LLMs) has been a driving force in transforming various domains, reshaping the artificial general intelligence landscape. However, the increasing computational and memory demands of these models…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2024-04-22 Tianyu Ding , Tianyi Chen , Haidong Zhu , Jiachen Jiang , Yiqi Zhong , Jinxin Zhou , Guangzhi Wang , Zhihui Zhu , Ilya Zharkov , Luming Liang

We study local aggregation and graph analysis in distributed environments using the message passing model. We provide a flexible framework, where each of the nodes in a set $S$--which is a subset of all nodes in the network--can perform a…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2016-05-24 Benjamin Dissler , Stephan Holzer , Roger Wattenhofer

Load balancing is among the basic primitives in distributed computing. In this paper, we consider this problem when executed locally on a network with nodes prone to failures. We show that there exist lightweight network topologies that are…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2025-08-05 Dariusz R. Kowalski , Jan Olkowski

Coloring is used in wireless networks to improve communication efficiency, mainly in terms of bandwidth, energy and possibly end-to-end delays. In this research report, we define the h-hop node coloring problem, with h any positive integer.…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2011-04-12 Ichrak Amdouni , Pascale Minet , Cédric Adjih

In this paper we study a constraint-based representation of neural network architectures. We cast the learning problem in the Lagrangian framework and we investigate a simple optimization procedure that is well suited to fulfil the…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-04-20 Giuseppe Marra , Matteo Tiezzi , Stefano Melacci , Alessandro Betti , Marco Maggini , Marco Gori

Designing learning algorithms that are resistant to perturbations of the underlying data distribution is a problem of wide practical and theoretical importance. We present a general approach to this problem focusing on unsupervised…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-02-22 Andreas Maurer , Daniela A. Parletta , Andrea Paudice , Massimiliano Pontil

We study strongly convex distributed optimization problems where a set of agents are interested in solving a separable optimization problem collaboratively. In this paper, we propose and study a two time-scale decentralized gradient descent…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-08-16 Hadi Reisizadeh , Behrouz Touri , Soheil Mohajer

The state-of-the-art coding schemes for topological interference management (TIM) problems are usually handcrafted for specific families of network topologies, relying critically on experts' domain knowledge. This inevitably restricts the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-05-15 Zhiwei Shan , Xinping Yi , Han Yu , Chung-Shou Liao , Shi Jin

The stable set problem and the graph coloring problem are classes of NP-hard optimization problems on graphs. It is well known that even near-optimal solutions for these problems are difficult to find in polynomial time. The Lov\'asz theta…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-07-17 Dunja Pucher , Franz Rendl

An efficient and fair node scheduling is a big challenge in multihop wireless networks. In this work, we propose a distributed node scheduling algorithm, called Local Voting. The idea comes from the finding that the shortest delivery time…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2020-02-14 Dimitrios J. Vergados , Natalia Amelina , Yuming Jiang , Katina Kralevska , Oleg Granichin

We provide new deterministic algorithms for the edge coloring problem, which is one of the classic and highly studied distributed local symmetry breaking problems. As our main result, we show that a $(2\Delta-1)$-edge coloring can be…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2022-06-03 Alkida Balliu , Sebastian Brandt , Fabian Kuhn , Dennis Olivetti