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Many high-performing machine learning models are not interpretable. As they are increasingly used in decision scenarios that can critically affect individuals, it is necessary to develop tools to better understand their outputs. Popular…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2023-05-30 Laura State , Salvatore Ruggieri , Franco Turini

This paper proposes two nonlinear dynamics to solve constrained distributed optimization problem for resource allocation over a multi-agent network. In this setup, coupling constraint refers to resource-demand balance which is preserved at…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-10-30 Mohammadreza Doostmohammadian , Alireza Aghasi , Maria Vrakopoulou , Hamid R. Rabiee , Usman A. Khan , Themistoklis Charalambou

Asymmetric distributed constraint optimization problems (ADCOPs) are an emerging model for coordinating agents with personal preferences. However, the existing inference-based complete algorithms which use local eliminations cannot be…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2019-06-05 Yanchen Deng , Ziyu Chen , Dingding Chen , Wenxin Zhang , Xingqiong Jiang

Explainable AI (XAI) aims to improve user understanding and decisions when using AI models. However, despite innovations in XAI, recent user evaluations reveal that this goal remains elusive. Understanding human cognition can help explain…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-05-01 Louth Bin Rawshan , Zhuoyu Wang , Brian Y. Lim

We propose a novel decomposition framework for the distributed optimization of Difference Convex (DC)-type nonseparable sum-utility functions subject to coupling convex constraints. A major contribution of the paper is to develop for the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2013-09-23 Alberth Alvarado , Gesualdo Scutari , Jong-Shi Pang

A novel distributed algorithm is proposed for finite-time converging to a feasible consensus solution satisfying global optimality to a certain accuracy of the distributed robust convex optimization problem (DRCO) subject to bounded…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-09-06 Xunhao Wu , Jun Fu

Constrained multiobjective optimization has gained much interest in the past few years. However, constrained multiobjective optimization problems (CMOPs) are still unsatisfactorily understood. Consequently, the choice of adequate CMOPs for…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2023-02-07 Aljoša Vodopija , Tea Tušar , Bogdan Filipič

In distributed model predictive control (DMPC), where a centralized optimization problem is solved in distributed fashion using dual decomposition, it is important to keep the number of iterations in the solution algorithm, i.e. the amount…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2013-07-11 Pontus Giselsson , Anders Rantzer

Explaining opaque Machine Learning (ML) models is an increasingly relevant problem. Current explanation in AI (XAI) methods suffer several shortcomings, among others an insufficient incorporation of background knowledge, and a lack of…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2023-09-04 Laura State , Salvatore Ruggieri , Franco Turini

This paper presents Cologne, a declarative optimization platform that enables constraint optimization problems (COPs) to be declaratively specified and incrementally executed in distributed systems. Cologne integrates a declarative…

Databases · Computer Science 2012-04-30 Changbin Liu , Lu Ren , Boon Thau Loo , Yun Mao , Prithwish Basu

In this paper, we present a distributed algorithm for solving convex, constraint-coupled, optimization problems over peer-to-peer networks. We consider a network of processors that aim to cooperatively minimize the sum of local cost…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-04-14 Andrea Camisa , Alessia Benevento , Giuseppe Notarstefano

The field of Distributed Constraint Optimization has gained momentum in recent years thanks to its ability to address various applications related to multi-agent cooperation. While techniques to solve Distributed Constraint Optimization…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2017-02-24 William Kluegel , Muhammad Aamir Iqbal , Ferdinando Fioretto , William Yeoh , Enrico Pontelli

This article explores distributed convex optimization with globally-coupled constraints, where the objective function is a general nonsmooth convex function, the constraints include nonlinear inequalities and affine equalities, and the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-03-14 Zixuan Liu , Xuyang Wu , Dandan Wang , Jie Lu

This thesis is concerned with the design of distributed algorithms for solving optimization problems. We consider networks where each node has exclusive access to a cost function, and design algorithms that make all nodes cooperate to find…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2013-12-03 João F. C. Mota

Distributionally Favorable Optimization (DFO) is an important framework for decision-making under uncertainty, with applications across fields such as reinforcement learning, online learning, robust statistics, chance-constrained…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-02-01 Nan Jiang , Weijun Xie

We study distributed optimization in a cooperative multi-agent setting, where agents have to agree on the usage of shared resources and can communicate via a time-varying network to this purpose. Each agent has its own decision variables…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-04-20 Alessandro Falsone , Kostas Margellos , Simone Garatti , Maria Prandini

Constrained multiobjective optimization problems (CMOPs) are commonly found in real-world applications. CMOP is a complex problem that needs to satisfy a set of equality or inequality constraints. This paper proposes a variant of the…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2024-10-28 Cicero S. R. Mendes , Aluizio F. R. Araújo , Lucas R. C. Farias

This paper studies the optimal resource allocation problem within a multi-agent network composed of both autonomous agents and humans. The main challenge lies in the globally coupled constraints that link the decisions of autonomous agents…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-04-04 Yichen Yao , Ryan Mbagna Nanko , Yue Wang , Xuan Wang

This paper studies distributed algorithms for the extended monotropic optimization problem, which is a general convex optimization problem with a certain separable structure. The considered objective function is the sum of local convex…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-08-04 Xianlin Zeng , Peng Yi , Yiguang Hong , Lihua Xie

Evolutionary optimization is a generic population-based metaheuristic that can be adapted to solve a wide variety of optimization problems and has proven very effective for combinatorial optimization problems. However, the potential of this…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2020-09-03 Saaduddin Mahmud , Moumita Choudhury , Md. Mosaddek Khan , Long Tran-Thanh , Nicholas R. Jennings