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We consider decentralized optimization problems where one aims to minimize a sum of convex smooth objective functions distributed between nodes in the network. The links in the network can change from time to time. For the setting when the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-01-30 Dmitriy Metelev , Alexander Rogozin , Dmitry Kovalev , Alexander Gasnikov

One of the most important problems in the field of distributed optimization is the problem of minimizing a sum of local convex objective functions over a networked system. Most of the existing work in this area focus on developing…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-01-08 Fatemeh Mansoori , Ermin Wei

We study convergence in networks of piecewise-smooth (PWS) systems that commonly arise in applications to model dynamical systems whose evolution is affected by macroscopic events such as switches and impacts. Existing approaches were…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-11-16 Marco Coraggio , Pietro DeLellis , S. John Hogan , Mario di Bernardo

In this paper, we consider multiple signals sharing same instantaneous frequencies. This kind of data is very common in scientific and engineering problems. To take advantage of this special structure, we modify our data-driven…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-07-09 Thomas Y. Hou , Zuoqiang Shi

Implementing Decentralized Gradient Descent (DGD) in wireless systems is challenging due to noise, fading, and limited bandwidth, necessitating topology awareness, transmission scheduling, and the acquisition of channel state information…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-09-13 Nicolo' Michelusi

The enormous success of advanced wireless devices is pushing the demand for higher wireless data rates. Denser spectrum reuse through the deployment of more access points per square mile has the potential to successfully meet the increasing…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2012-08-15 Horia Vlad Balan , Ryan Rogalin , Antonios Michaloliakos , Konstantinos Psounis , Giuseppe Caire

Accurate 3D localization is essential for realizing advanced sensing functionalities in next-generation Wi-Fi communication systems. This study investigates the potential of multistatic localization in Wi-Fi networks through the deployment…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-05-28 Fuhai Wang , Zhe Li , Rujing Xiong , Tiebin Mi , Robert Caiming Qiu

Algorithms for decentralized optimization and learning rely on local optimization steps coupled with combination steps over a graph. Recent works have demonstrated that using a time-varying sequence of matrices that achieves finite-time…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-02-17 Aaron Fainman , Stefan Vlaski

It is well known that biology-inspired self-maintaining algorithms in wireless sensor nodes achieve near optimum time division multiple access (TDMA) characteristics in a decentralized manner and with very low complexity. We extend such…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2012-05-18 Dujdow Buranapanichkit , Yiannis Andreopoulos

In this paper, we study the problem of robust global synchronization of resetting clocks in multi-agent networked systems, where by robust global synchronization we mean synchronization that is insensitive to arbitrarily small disturbances,…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2020-06-24 Muhammad U. Javed , Jorge I. Poveda , Xudong Chen

A variety of problems in distributed control involve a networked system of autonomous agents cooperating to carry out some complex task in a decentralized fashion, e.g., orienting a flock of drones, or aggregating data from a network of…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2018-05-01 Bernadette Charron-Bost , Patrick Lambein-Monette

Existing information theoretic work in decentralized detection is largely focused on parallel configuration of Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs), where an individual hard or soft decision is computed at each sensor node and then transmitted…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2013-09-09 Yasaman Keshtkarjahromi , Rashid Ansari , Ashfaq Khokhar

We propose a novel formulation for phase synchronization -- the statistical problem of jointly estimating alignment angles from noisy pairwise comparisons -- as a nonconvex optimization problem that enforces consistency among the pairwise…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-05-15 Tingran Gao , Zhizhen Zhao

Synchronization is a key functionality in wireless network, enabling a wide variety of services. We consider a Bayesian inference framework whereby network nodes can achieve phase and skew synchronization in a fully distributed way. In…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2015-06-15 Bernhard Etzlinger , Henk Wymeersch , Andreas Springer

Precise localization is one key element of the Internet of Things (IoT). Especially concepts for position estimation when Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) are unavailable have moved into the focus. One crucial component for…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2023-06-09 Thomas Maul , Sebastian Klob , Joerg Robert

In previous work, empirical evidence indicated that a time-varying network could propagate sufficient information to allow synchronization of the sometimes coupled oscillators, despite an instantaneously disconnected topology. We prove here…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2009-11-11 Daniel Stilwell , Erik Bollt , D. Gray Roberson

We consider distributed average consensus in a wireless network with partial communication to reduce the number of transmissions in every iteration/round. Considering the broadcast nature of wireless channels, we propose a probabilistic…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2023-01-30 Daniel Pérez Herrera , Zheng Chen , Erik G. Larsson

Asynchronous distributed algorithms are a popular way to reduce synchronization costs in large-scale optimization, and in particular for neural network training. However, for nonsmooth and nonconvex objectives, few convergence guarantees…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-07-14 Vyacheslav Kungurtsev , Malcolm Egan , Bapi Chatterjee , Dan Alistarh

We study the convergence speed of distributed iterative algorithms for the consensus and averaging problems, with emphasis on the latter. We first consider the case of a fixed communication topology. We show that a simple adaptation of a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2011-06-13 Alex Olshevsky , John N. Tsitsiklis

In this paper we present a novel method of atomic clock synchronisation combining digital error correction and phase tracking. Microwave broadcasts are used to measure the difference in frequency between a pair of atomic clocks. We use the…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2022-10-14 Adam Walton , Abigail McGlone , Benjamin Varcoe