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Distributed optimization finds applications in large-scale machine learning, data processing and classification over multi-agent networks. In real-world scenarios, the communication network of agents may encounter latency that may affect…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-10-06 Mohammadreza Doostmohammadian , Narahari Kasagatta Ramesh , Alireza Aghasi

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

Distributed Optimization is an increasingly important subject area with the rise of multi-agent control and optimization. We consider a decentralized stochastic optimization problem where the agents on a graph aim to asynchronously optimize…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-10-22 Vyacheslav Kungurtsev , Mahdi Morafah , Tara Javidi , Gesualdo Scutari

Heterogeneous networks comprise agents with varying capabilities in terms of computation, storage, and communication. In such settings, it is crucial to factor in the operating characteristics in allowing agents to choose appropriate…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-09-07 Yichuan Li , Petros Voulgaris , Nikolaos M. Freris

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

We provide a unifying framework for distributed convex optimization over time-varying networks, in the presence of constraints and uncertainty, features that are typically treated separately in the literature. We adopt a proximal…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-05-24 Kostas Margellos , Alessandro Falsone , Simone Garatti , Maria Prandini

We propose a distributed algorithm to solve a dynamic programming problem with multiple agents, where each agent has only partial knowledge of the state transition probabilities and costs. We provide consensus proofs for the presented…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-06-19 Nikolaus Vertovec , Kostas Margellos

In this paper, a distributed subgradient-based algorithm is proposed for continuous-time multi-agent systems to search a feasible solution to convex inequalities. The algorithm involves each agent achieving a state constrained by its own…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2017-06-13 Kaihong Lu , Gangshan Jing , Long Wang

This paper studies a distributed multi-agent convex optimization problem. The system comprises multiple agents in this problem, each with a set of local data points and an associated local cost function. The agents are connected to a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-08-20 Kushal Chakrabarti , Nirupam Gupta , Nikhil Chopra

This paper deals with solving distributed optimization problems with equality constraints by a class of uncertain nonlinear heterogeneous dynamic multi-agent systems. It is assumed that each agent with an uncertain dynamic model has limited…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-06-28 Mohammad Saeed Sarafraz , Mohammad Saleh Tavazoei

This paper investigates distributed online convex optimization in the presence of an aggregative variable without any global/central coordinators over a multi-agent network, where each individual agent is only able to access partial…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-07-15 Xiuxian Li , Xinlei Yi , Lihua Xie

This work focuses on the problem of distributed optimization in multi-agent cyberphysical systems, where a legitimate agent's iterates are influenced both by the values it receives from potentially malicious neighboring agents, and by its…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-01-16 Michal Yemini , Angelia Nedić , Andrea J. Goldsmith , Stephanie Gil

We study truthful mechanisms for matching and related problems in a partial information setting, where the agents' true utilities are hidden, and the algorithm only has access to ordinal preference information. Our model is motivated by the…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2016-10-20 Elliot Anshelevich , Shreyas Sekar

During the past two decades, multi-agent optimization problems have drawn increased attention from the research community. When multiple objective functions are present among agents, many works optimize the sum of these objective functions.…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2020-10-13 M. J. Blondin , M. T. Hale

Distributed estimation that recruits potentially large groups of humans to collect data about a phenomenon of interest has emerged as a paradigm applicable to a broad range of detection and estimation tasks. However, it also presents a…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-01-28 Kewei Chen , Donya Ghavidel , Vijay Gupta , Yih-Fang Huang

We present distributed algorithms that can be used by multiple agents to align their estimates with a particular value over a network with time-varying connectivity. Our framework is general in that this value can represent a consensus…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2010-04-20 Angelia Nedić , Asuman Ozdaglar , Pablo A. Parrilo

In this paper, distributed convex optimization problem over non-directed dynamical networks is studied. Here, networked agents with single-integrator dynamics are supposed to rendezvous at a point that is the solution of a global convex…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-07-18 Amir Adibzadeh , Mohsen Zamani , Amir A. Suratgar , Mohammad B. Menhaj

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

We consider a team of autonomous agents that navigate in an adversarial environment and aim to achieve a task by allocating their resources over a set of target locations. An adversary in the environment observes the autonomous team's…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-10-09 Shenghui Chen , Yagiz Savas , Mustafa O. Karabag , Brian M. Sadler , Ufuk Topcu

This paper considers a distributed multi-agent optimization problem, with the global objective consisting of the sum of local objective functions of the agents. The agents solve the optimization problem using local computation and…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2017-11-07 Shripad Gade , Nitin H. Vaidya