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We study distributed (strongly convex) optimization problems over a network of agents, with no centralized nodes. The loss functions of the agents are assumed to be \textit{similar}, due to statistical data similarity or otherwise. In order…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-04-12 Ye Tian , Gesualdo Scutari , Tianyu Cao , Alexander Gasnikov

A key challenge in multi-robot and multi-agent systems is generating solutions that are robust to other self-interested or even adversarial parties who actively try to prevent the agents from achieving their goals. The practicality of…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2017-10-19 Trong Nghia Hoang , Yuchen Xiao , Kavinayan Sivakumar , Christopher Amato , Jonathan How

This paper is devoted to distributed continuous-time and discrete-time optimization problems with nonuniform convex constraint sets and nonuniform stepsizes for general differentiable convex objective functions. The communication graphs are…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-03-03 Peng Lin , Wei Ren , Chunhua Yang , Weihua Gui

This paper presents a novel distributed low-rank scheme and adaptive algorithms for distributed estimation over wireless networks. The proposed distributed scheme is based on a transformation that performs dimensionality reduction at each…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-10-03 Rodrigo C. de Lamare

Motivated by the fact that intelligent traffic control systems have become inevitable demand to cope with the risk of traffic congestion in urban areas, this paper develops a distributed control strategy for urban traffic networks. Since…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-05-06 Viet Hoang Pham , Kazunori Sakurama , Shaoshuai Mou , Hyo-Sung Ahn

We consider a stochastic convex optimization problem that requires minimizing a sum of misspecified agentspecific expectation-valued convex functions over the intersection of a collection of agent-specific convex sets. This misspecification…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2015-09-22 Aswin Kannan , Angelia Nedich , Uday V. Shanbhag

This paper proposes a multiagent based bi-level operation framework for the low-carbon demand management in distribution networks considering the carbon emission allowance on the demand side. In the upper level, the aggregate load agents…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-01-22 Jichen Zhang , Linwei Sang , Yinliang Xu , Hongbin Sun

In this paper, we investigate the distributed optimal control problem for a kind of nonlinear multi-agent systems. In particular,both the state and the system dynamic structures of each agent are private and can only be shared among…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-04-08 Ruixue Li , Wenjing Yang , Zhaorong Zhang , Xun Li , Juanjuan Xu

We consider distributed optimization as motivated by machine learning in a multi-agent system: each agent holds local data and the goal is to minimize an aggregate loss function over a common model, via an interplay of local training and…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-04-08 Dingran Yi , Fanhao Zeng , Nikolaos M. Freris

The submodular maximization problem is widely applicable in many engineering problems where objectives exhibit diminishing returns. While this problem is known to be NP-hard for certain subclasses of objective functions, there is a greedy…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2020-07-01 Haoyuan Sun , David Grimsman , Jason R Marden

We consider distributed online learning for joint regret with communication constraints. In this setting, there are multiple agents that are connected in a graph. Each round, an adversary first activates one of the agents to issue a…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-10-26 Dirk van der Hoeven , Hédi Hadiji , Tim van Erven

We propose a multi-agent based computational framework for modeling decision-making and strategic interaction at micro level for smart vehicles in a smart world. The concepts of Markov game and best response dynamics are heavily leveraged.…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2022-01-05 Qi Dai , Xunnong Xu , Wen Guo , Suzhou Huang , Dimitar Filev

We present a distributed conjugate gradient method for distributed optimization problems, where each agent computes an optimal solution of the problem locally without any central computation or coordination, while communicating with its…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-02-27 Ola Shorinwa , Mac Schwager

Platooning is considered one of the most representative 5G use cases. Due to the small spacing within the platoon, the platoon needs more reliable transmission to guarantee driving safety while improving fuel and driving efficiency.…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2020-03-26 Xiongfeng Guo , Tianhao Wu , Lin Zhang

The distributed non-smooth resource allocation problem over multi-agent networks is studied in this paper, where each agent is subject to globally coupled network resource constraints and local feasibility constraints described in terms of…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-03-11 Xiaohong Nian , Fan Li , Dongxin Liu

In this paper, we propose a fully distributed algorithm for second-order continuous-time multi-agent systems to solve the distributed optimization problem. The global objective function is a sum of private cost functions associated with the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-04-15 Xinlei Yi , Lisha Yao , Tao Yang , Jemin George , Karl H. Johansson

Recent years have witnessed a growing interest in the topic of min-max optimization, owing to its relevance in the context of generative adversarial networks (GANs), robust control and optimization, and reinforcement learning. Motivated by…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-04-08 Arman Adibi , Aritra Mitra , George J. Pappas , Hamed Hassani

The problem of distributed rate maximization in multi-channel ALOHA networks is considered. First, we study the problem of constrained distributed rate maximization, where user rates are subject to total transmission probability…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2015-05-25 Kobi Cohen , Amir Leshem

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

This paper considers optimization problems over networks where agents have individual objectives to meet, or individual parameter vectors to estimate, subject to subspace constraints that require the objectives across the network to lie in…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2020-04-22 Roula Nassif , Stefan Vlaski , Ali H. Sayed