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We propose a variant of alternating direction method of multiplier (ADMM) to solve constrained trajectory optimization problems. Our ADMM framework breaks a joint optimization into small sub-problems, leading to a low iteration cost and…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-02-28 Ruiqi Ni , Zherong Pan , Xifeng Gao

By enabling the nodes or agents to solve small-sized subproblems to achieve coordination, distributed algorithms are favored by many networked systems for efficient and scalable computation. While for convex problems, substantial…

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In this paper, we introduce a unified framework for studying various cloud traffic management problems, ranging from geographical load balancing to backbone traffic engineering. We first abstract these real-world problems as a…

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Autonomous vehicle (AV) motion planning problems often involve non-convex constraints, which present a major barrier to applying model predictive control (MPC) in real time on embedded hardware. This paper presents an approach for…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-03 Joshua A. Robbins , Jacob A. Siefert , Sean Brennan , Herschel C. Pangborn

We propose a distributed optimization method for solving a distributed model predictive consensus problem. The goal is to design a distributed controller for a network of dynamical systems to optimize a coupled objective function while…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2012-12-07 Tyler H. Summers , John Lygeros

Among the most famous algorithms for solving classification problems are support vector machines (SVMs), which find a separating hyperplane for a set of labeled data points. In some applications, however, labels are only available for a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-10-17 Jan Pablo Burgard , Maria Eduarda Pinheiro , Martin Schmidt

Sequential quadratic programming and sequential convex programming efficiently solve nonlinear programs (NLPs) by linearizing inner nonlinearities while preserving the outer convex structure. This paper introduces a sequential mixed-integer…

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In this paper we consider the problem of coordinating autonomous vehicles approaching an intersection. We cast the problem in the distributed optimisation framework and propose an algorithm to solve it in real time. We extend previous work…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-04-05 Mario Zanon , Robert Hult , Sebastien Gros , Paolo Falcone

Alternating Direction Method of Multipliers (ADMM) is a popular algorithm for distributed learning, where a network of nodes collaboratively solve a regularized empirical risk minimization by iterative local computation associated with…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-05-19 Zonghao Huang , Yanmin Gong

We address the problem of solving convex optimization problems with many convex constraints in a distributed setting. Our approach is based on an extension of the alternating direction method of multipliers (ADMM) that recently gained a lot…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-04-09 Joachim Giesen , Sören Laue

This paper investigates distributed resource allocation optimization over directed graphs with limited communication bandwidth. We develop a novel distributed algorithm that integrates the centralized Proximal Jacobian Alternating Direction…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-04-17 Xu Du , Boyu Han , Ivano Notarnicola , Karl H. Johansson , Apostolos I. Rikos

Convex quadratic programs (QPs) constitute a fundamental computational primitive across diverse domains including financial optimization, control systems, and machine learning. The alternating direction method of multipliers (ADMM) has…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-05-15 Xi Gao , Jinxin Xiong , Linxin Yang , Akang Wang , Weiwei Xu , Jiang Xue

The alternating direction method of multipliers (ADMM) has been popular for solving many signal processing problems, convex or nonconvex. In this paper, we study an asynchronous implementation of the ADMM for solving a nonconvex nonsmooth…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2014-12-19 Mingyi Hong

This paper investigates distributed computing and cooperative control of connected and automated vehicles (CAVs) in ramp merging scenario under transportation cyber-physical system. Firstly, a centralized cooperative trajectory planning…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-10-31 Qiong Wu , Jiahou Chu , Pingyi Fan , Kezhi Wang , Nan Cheng , Wen Chen , Khaled B. Letaief

We propose a distributed algorithm, named Distributed Alternating Direction Method of Multipliers (D-ADMM), for solving separable optimization problems in networks of interconnected nodes or agents. In a separable optimization problem there…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2013-04-26 João F. C. Mota , João M. F. Xavier , Pedro M. Q. Aguiar , Markus Püschel

In this paper, we consider a prototypical convex optimization problem with multi-block variables and separable structures. By adding the Logarithmic Quadratic Proximal (LQP) regularizer with suitable proximal parameter to each of the first…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-04-01 Jianchao Bai , Yuxue Ma , Hao Sun , Miao Zhang

We propose a Jacobi-style distributed algorithm to solve convex, quadratically constrained quadratic programs (QCQPs), which arise from a broad range of applications. While small to medium-sized convex QCQPs can be solved efficiently by…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-10-15 Run Chen , Andrew L. Liu

Cooperative control is crucial for the effective operation of dynamical multi-agent systems. Especially for distributed control schemes, it is essential to exchange data between the agents. This becomes a privacy threat if the data is…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-12-19 Philipp Binfet , Janis Adamek , Nils Schlüter , Moritz Schulze Darup

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

In the context of autonomous driving, the iterative linear quadratic regulator (iLQR) is known to be an efficient approach to deal with the nonlinear vehicle model in motion planning problems. Particularly, the constrained iLQR algorithm…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-07-28 Jun Ma , Zilong Cheng , Xiaoxue Zhang , Masayoshi Tomizuka , Tong Heng Lee