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We propose Directed-Distributed Projected Subgradient (D-DPS) to solve a constrained optimization problem over a multi-agent network, where the goal of agents is to collectively minimize the sum of locally known convex functions. Each agent…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-06-26 Ran Xin , Chenguang Xi , Usman A. Khan

Distributed learning has gained significant attention due to its advantages in scalability, privacy, and fault tolerance.In this paradigm, multiple agents collaboratively train a global model by exchanging parameters only with their…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-03-31 Ziqin Chen , Yongqiang Wang

We present a distributed optimization algorithm for solving online personalized optimization problems over a network of computing and communicating nodes, each of which linked to a specific user. The local objective functions are assumed to…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-04-15 Ivano Notarnicola , Andrea Simonetto , Francesco Farina , Giuseppe Notarstefano

Classical paradigms for distributed learning, such as federated or decentralized gradient descent, employ consensus mechanisms to enforce homogeneity among agents. While these strategies have proven effective in i.i.d. scenarios, they can…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-04-18 Shreya Wadehra , Roula Nassif , Stefan Vlaski

Distributed diffusion is a powerful algorithm for multi-task state estimation which enables networked agents to interact with neighbors to process input data and diffuse information across the network. Compared to a centralized approach,…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2020-03-27 Jiani Li , Xenofon Koutsoukos

This paper proposes a new framework for distributed optimization, called distributed aggregative optimization, which allows local objective functions to be dependent not only on their own decision variables, but also on the average of…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-05-28 Xiuxian Li , Lihua Xie , Yiguang Hong

This paper proposes a distributed algorithm for a network of agents to solve an optimization problem with separable objective function and locally coupled constraints. Our strategy is based on reformulating the original constrained problem…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-03-12 Priyank Srivastava , Jorge Cortes

This paper studies distributed resource allocation problem in multi-agent systems, where all the agents cooperatively minimize the sum of their cost functions with global resource constraints over stochastic communication networks. This…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-04-27 Tie Ding , Shanying Zhu , Cailian Chen , Xinping Guan

This paper considers a general data-fitting problem over a networked system, in which many computing nodes are connected by an undirected graph. This kind of problem can find many real-world applications and has been studied extensively in…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2017-04-14 Ying Zhang

This paper considers the multi-agent linear least-squares problem in a server-agent network. In this problem, the system comprises multiple agents, each having a set of local data points, that are connected to a server. The goal for the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-10-29 Kushal Chakrabarti , Nirupam Gupta , Nikhil Chopra

Various distributed optimization methods have been developed for solving problems which have simple local constraint sets and whose objective function is the sum of local cost functions of distributed agents in a network. Motivated by…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2016-11-17 Tsung-Hui Chang , Angelia Nedić , Anna Scaglione

This paper considers the decision-dependent optimization problem, where the data distributions react in response to decisions affecting both the objective function and linear constraints. We propose a new method termed repeated projected…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-08-13 Zifan Wang , Changxin Liu , Thomas Parisini , Michael M. Zavlanos , Karl H. Johansson

We study distributed algorithms for solving global optimization problems in which the objective function is the sum of local objective functions of agents and the constraint set is given by the intersection of local constraint sets of…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2015-03-14 Ilan Lobel , Asuman Ozdaglar , Diego Feijer

This paper considers a distributed stochastic non-convex optimization problem, where the nodes in a network cooperatively minimize a sum of $L$-smooth local cost functions with sparse gradients. By adaptively adjusting the stepsizes…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-04-01 Dongyu Han , Kun Liu , Yeming Lin , Yuanqing Xia

This paper studies a class of distributed optimization problems with coupled equality constraints in networked systems. Many existing distributed algorithms rely on solving local subproblems via the $\operatorname{argmin}$ operator in each…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-11-26 Chenyang Qiu , Zongli Lin

In this paper, we study the problem of distributed multi-agent optimization over a network, where each agent possesses a local cost function that is smooth and strongly convex. The global objective is to find a common solution that…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-03-11 Shi Pu , Angelia Nedić

We study distributed optimization problems over a network when the communication between the nodes is constrained, and so information that is exchanged between the nodes must be quantized. This imperfect communication poses a fundamental…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-10-30 Thinh T. Doan , Siva Theja Maguluri , Justin Romberg

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

Distributed descent-based methods are an essential toolset to solving optimization problems in multi-agent system scenarios. Here the agents seek to optimize a global objective function through mutual cooperation. Oftentimes, cooperation is…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-08-28 Arunselvan Ramaswamy

In this paper, we consider an unconstrained distributed optimization problem over a network of agents, in which some agents are adversarial. We solve the problem via gradient-based distributed optimization algorithm and characterize the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-03-22 Iyanuoluwa Emiola , Laurent Njilla , Chinwendu Enyioha