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This paper studies the consensus problem of heterogeneous multi-agent systems by the feedforward control and linear quadratic (LQ) optimal control theory. Different from the existing consensus control algorithms, which require to design an…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-03-19 Liping Zhang , Huanshui Zhang

We present a framework for asynchronously solving convex optimization problems over networks of agents which are augmented by the presence of a centralized cloud computer. This framework uses a Tikhonov-regularized primal-dual approach in…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-10-14 Matthew T. Hale , Angelia Nedich , Magnus Egerstedt

Multi-agent systems built on large language models (LLMs) require many coordination choices that are difficult to fix a priori: which skill protocol to invoke, which agent role should perform a subtask, which model to bind to each role, how…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2026-05-28 Nicole Koenigstein

Consensus maximization is one of the most widely used robust fitting paradigms in computer vision, and the development of algorithms for consensus maximization is an active research topic. In this paper, we propose an efficient…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2018-12-04 Zhipeng Cai , Tat-Jun Chin , Huu Le , David Suter

This paper proposes a double-layered framework (or form of network) to integrate two mechanisms, termed consensus and conservation, achieving distributed solution of a linear equation. The multi-agent framework considered in the paper is…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2017-11-30 Xuan Wang , Shaoshuai Mou , Brian. D. O. Anderson

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

In modern data science problems, techniques for extracting value from big data require performing large-scale optimization over heterogenous, irregularly structured data. Much of this data is best represented as multi-relational graphs,…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2014-06-10 Hui Miao , Xiangyang Liu , Bert Huang , Lise Getoor

This paper proposes two algorithms, namely "back-tracking" and "history following", to reach consensus in case of communication loss for a network of distributed agents with switching topologies. To reach consensus in distributed control,…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-11-20 Yanumula V. Karteek , Indrani Kar , Somanath Majhi

This article reports an algorithm for multi-agent distributed optimization problems with a common decision variable, local linear equality and inequality constraints and set constraints with convergence rate guarantees.…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-11-17 Vivek Khatana , Murti V. Salapaka

This paper considers the distributed consensus problem of multi-agent systems with general continuous-time linear dynamics. Two distributed adaptive dynamic consensus protocols are proposed, based on the relative output information of…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2015-01-20 Zhongkui Li , Xiangdong Liu , Wei Ren , Lihua Xie

This paper addresses the adaptive consensus problem in uncertain multi-agent systems, particularly under challenges posed by quantized communication. We consider agents with general linear dynamics subject to nonlinear uncertainties and…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-06-10 Woocheol Choi , Piljae Jang

We investigate the distributed multi-agent sharing optimization problem in a directed graph, with a composite objective function consisting of a smooth function plus a convex (possibly non-smooth) function shared by all agents. While…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-06-21 Sajad Zandi , Mehdi Korki

Multidisciplinary team (MDT) consultations are the gold standard for cancer care decision-making, yet current practice lacks structured mechanisms for quantifying consensus and ensuring decision traceability. We introduce a Multi-Agent…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2025-12-17 Xudong Han , Xianglun Gao , Xiaoyi Qu , Zhenyu Yu

Multi-agent decision-making under uncertainty is fundamental for effective and safe autonomous operation. In many real-world scenarios, each agent maintains its own belief over the environment and must plan actions accordingly. However,…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2025-12-25 Moshe Rafaeli Shimron , Vadim Indelman

We propose integrating the edge-computing paradigm into the multi-robot collaborative scheduling to maximize resource utilization for complex collaborative tasks, which many robots must perform together. Examples include collaborative…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-11-20 Nazish Tahir , Ramviyas Parasuraman

This paper examines online distributed Alternating Direction Method of Multipliers (ADMM). The goal is to distributively optimize a global objective function over a network of decision makers under linear constraints. The global objective…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2015-10-05 Saghar Hosseini , Airlie Chapman , Mehran Mesbahi

In this paper, a centralized two-block separable optimization is considered for which a fully parallel primal-dual discrete-time algorithm with fixed step size is derived based on monotone operator splitting method. In this algorithm, the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-09-30 S. Sh. Alaviani , A. G. Kelkar

This report surveys results on distributed systems comprising mobile agents that are identical and anonymous, oblivious and interact solely by adjusting their motion according to the relative location of their neighbours. The agents are…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2019-02-06 Ariel Barel , Rotem Manor , Alfred M. Bruckstein

In distributed processing, agents generally collect data generated by the same underlying unknown model (represented by a vector of parameters) and then solve an estimation or inference task cooperatively. In this paper, we consider the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-06-16 Sheng-Yuan Tu , Ali H. Sayed

Large language models (LLMs) are increasingly deployed in multi-agent systems where agents communicate in natural language to solve tasks jointly. A key capability in such systems is consensus formation, where agents iteratively exchange…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2026-05-12 Xiaolin Sun , Zixuan Liu , Yibin Hu , Zizhan Zheng