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Distributed Constraint Optimization (DCOP) is a powerful framework for representing and solving distributed combinatorial problems, where the variables of the problem are owned by different agents. Many multi-agent problems include…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2014-02-05 Tal Grinshpoun , Alon Grubshtein , Roie Zivan , Arnon Netzer , Amnon Meisels

Efficient task scheduling in large-scale distributed systems presents significant challenges due to dynamic workloads, heterogeneous resources, and competing quality-of-service requirements. Traditional centralized approaches face…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2026-03-27 Daniel Benniah John

This paper is concerned with a constrained optimization problem over a directed graph (digraph) of nodes, in which the cost function is a sum of local objectives, and each node only knows its local objective and constraints. To…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2017-01-24 Pei Xie , Keyou You , Shiji Song , Cheng Wu

In modern large-scale systems with sensor networks and IoT devices it is essential to collaboratively solve complex problems while utilizing network resources efficiently. In our paper we present three distributed optimization algorithms…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-04-24 Apostolos I. Rikos , Wei Jiang , Themistoklis Charalambous , Karl H. Johansson

In this paper, we focus on an asynchronous distributed optimization problem. In our problem, each node is endowed with a convex local cost function, and is able to communicate with its neighbors over a directed communication network.…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-09-12 Apostolos I. Rikos , Wei Jiang , Themistoklis Charalambous , Karl H. Johansson

In recent years, as data and problem sizes have increased, distributed learning has become an essential tool for training high-performance models. However, the communication bottleneck, especially for high-dimensional data, is a challenge.…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-04-28 Dmitry Bylinkin , Aleksandr Beznosikov

We study dynamic multi-robot task allocation under uncertain task completion, time-window constraints, and incomplete information. Tasks arrive online over a finite horizon and must be completed within specified deadlines, while agents…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-15 Maria G. Mendoza , Pan-Yang Su , Bryce L. Ferguson , S. Shankar Sastry

This paper considers the problem of designing a dynamical system to solve constrained optimization problems in a distributed way and in an anytime fashion (i.e., such that the feasible set is forward invariant). For problems with separable…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-09-07 Pol Mestres , Jorge Cortés

In this paper, we develop a novel dynamic distributed optimal safe consensus protocol to simultaneously achieve safety requirements and output optimal consensus. Specifically, we construct a distributed projection optimization algorithm…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-01-15 Ji Ma , Shu Liang , Yiguang Hong

This paper aims at distributed multi-agent convex optimization where the communications network among the agents are presented by a random sequence of possibly state-dependent weighted graphs. This is the first work to consider both random…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-12-31 Seyyed Shaho Alaviani , Atul Kelkar

Decentralized optimization over directed graphs is essential for applications such as robotic swarms, sensor networks, and distributed learning. In many practical scenarios, the underlying network takes the form of a Time-Varying Broadcast…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-02-24 Liyuan Liang , Yilong Song , Kun Yuan

This paper investigates a distributed optimization problem under edge agreements, where each agent in the network is also subject to local convex constraints. Generalized from the concept of consensus, a group of edge agreements represents…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-09-04 Zehui Lu , Shaoshuai Mou

In this paper, we analyze the problem of optimally allocating resources in a distributed and privacy-preserving manner. We propose a novel distributed optimal resource allocation algorithm with privacy-preserving guarantees, which operates…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-07-19 Jakob Nylöf , Apostolos I. Rikos , Sebin Gracy , Karl H. Johansson

We propose a distributed algorithm for multiagent systems that aim to optimize a common objective when agents differ in their estimates of the objective-relevant state of the environment. Each agent keeps an estimate of the environment and…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-12-10 Sina Arefizadeh , Ceyhun Eksin

Resource allocation is a fundamental problem in Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) systems, in which devices work together under limited communication bandwidth to complete diverse tasks. This paper proposes a communication-efficient…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-05-26 Yuzhu Duan , Ziwen Yang , Xiaoming Duan , Shanying Zhu

We consider a decentralized optimization problem for networks affected by communication delays. Examples of such networks include collaborative machine learning, sensor networks, and multi-agent systems. To mimic communication delays, we…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-10-03 Tomas Ortega , Hamid Jafarkhani

We consider a distributed learning problem, where agents minimize a global objective function by exchanging information over a network. Our approach has two distinct features: (i) It substantially reduces communication by triggering…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-11-20 Guner Dilsad Er , Sebastian Trimpe , Michael Muehlebach

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

In this paper, we propose a novel solution for the distributed unconstrained optimization problem where the total cost is the summation of time-varying local cost functions of a group networked agents. The objective is to track the optimal…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-12-20 Amir-Salar Esteki , Solmaz S. Kia

This paper considers the distributed event-triggered consensus problem for general linear multi-agent networks. Both the leaderless and leader-follower consensus problems are considered. Based on the local sampled state or local output…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2018-07-17 Bin Cheng , Zhongkui Li