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The paper studies the problem of distributed parameter estimation in multi-agent networks with exponential family observation statistics. A certainty-equivalence type distributed estimator of the consensus + innovations form is proposed in…

Probability · Mathematics 2014-02-04 Soummya Kar , Jose Moura

The challenge of distributed fusion estimation is investigated for a class of four-dimensional (4D) commutative hypercomplex signals that are $\mathbb{T}_k$-proper factorizable, within the framework of multiple-sensor networks with…

Distributed quantum sensing leverages quantum correlations among multiple sensors to enhance the precision of parameter estimation beyond classical limits. Most existing approaches target phase estimation and rely on a shared phase…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-02-04 Piotr T. Grochowski , Matteo Fadel , Radim Filip

The aim of this paper is to propose diffusion strategies for distributed estimation over adaptive networks, assuming the presence of spatially correlated measurements distributed according to a Gaussian Markov random field (GMRF) model. The…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2015-06-22 Paolo Di Lorenzo

In this two-part paper, we consider multicomponent systems in which each component can iteratively exchange information with other components in its neighborhood in order to compute, in a distributed fashion, the average of the components'…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2011-09-30 Nitin H. Vaidya , Christoforos N. Hadjicostis , Alejandro D. Dominguez-Garcia

Single time-scale distributed estimation of dynamic systems via a network of sensors/estimators is addressed in this letter. In single time-scale distributed estimation, the two fusion steps, consensus and measurement exchange, are…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2017-10-11 Mohammadreza Doostmohammadian , Hamid R. Rabiee , Houman Zarrabi , Usman A. Khan

The problem of distributed dynamic state estimation in wireless sensor networks is studied. Two important properties of local estimates, namely, the consistency and confidence, are emphasized. On one hand, the consistency, which means that…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-11-15 Shaocheng Wang , Wei Ren

While distributed parameter estimation has been extensively studied in the literature, little has been achieved in terms of robust analysis and tuning methods in the presence of disturbances. However, disturbances such as measurement noise…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-01-26 Nicolai Lorenz-Meyer , Juan G. Rueda-Escobedo , Jaime A. Moreno , Johannes Schiffer

To address the communication bottleneck challenge in distributed learning, our work introduces a novel two-stage quantization strategy designed to enhance the communication efficiency of distributed Stochastic Gradient Descent (SGD). The…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-02-05 Guangfeng Yan , Tan Li , Yuanzhang Xiao , Congduan Li , Linqi Song

The emergence of the Internet-of-Things and cyber-physical systems necessitates the coordination of access to limited communication resources in an autonomous and distributed fashion. Herein, the optimal design of a wireless sensing system…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-05-26 Xu Zhang , Marcos M. Vasconcelos , Wei Cui , Urbashi Mitra

We consider the problem of collaborative distributed estimation in a large scale sensor network with statistically dependent sensor observations. In collaborative setup, the aim is to maximize the overall estimation performance by modeling…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-03-21 Shan Zhang , Pranay Sharma , Baocheng Geng , Pramod K. Varshney

This paper considers the problem of distributed estimation in wireless sensor networks (WSN), which is anticipated to support a wide range of applications such as the environmental monitoring, weather forecasting, and location estimation.…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-10-26 Meng He , Ran Li , Chuan Huang , Shulong Zhang

This paper presents a scalable Bayesian technique for decentralized state estimation from multiple platforms in dynamic environments. As has long been recognized, centralized architectures impose severe scaling limitations for distributed…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2012-12-12 Matthew Rosencrantz , Geoffrey Gordon , Sebastian Thrun

We study a decentralized variant of stochastic approximation, a data-driven approach for finding the root of an operator under noisy measurements. A network of agents, each with its own operator and data observations, cooperatively find the…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-06-17 Sihan Zeng , Thinh T. Doan , Justin Romberg

This paper presents a novel approach to enhance communication efficiency in federated learning through clipped uniform quantization. By leveraging optimal clipping thresholds and client-specific adaptive quantization schemes, the proposed…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-12-17 Zavareh Bozorgasl , Hao Chen

In this paper, we investigate the distributed convex optimization problem over a multi-agent system with Markovian switching communication networks. The objective function is the sum of each agent's local objective function, which cannot be…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-02-25 Peng Yi , Li Li

We study the problem of distributed mean estimation and optimization under communication constraints. We propose a correlated quantization protocol whose leading term in the error guarantee depends on the mean deviation of data points…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-07-12 Ananda Theertha Suresh , Ziteng Sun , Jae Hun Ro , Felix Yu

This work addresses the problem of state estimation in multivariable dynamic systems with quantized outputs, a common scenario in applications involving low-resolution sensors or communication constraints. A novel method is proposed to…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-09-10 Angel L. Cedeño , Rodrigo A. González , Boris I. Godoy , Juan C. Agüero

We present an algorithm for the problem of linear distributed estimation of a parameter in a network where a set of agents are successively taking measurements. The approach considers a roaming token in a network that carries the estimate,…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2018-07-05 Lucas Balthazar , João Xavier , Bruno Sinopoli

We propose two distributed iterative algorithms that can be used to solve, in finite time, the distributed optimization problem over quadratic local cost functions in large-scale networks. The first algorithm exhibits synchronous operation…