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In this paper, we analyze the problem of optimally allocating resources in a distributed and privacy-preserving manner. We propose a novel distributed optimal resource allocation algorithm with privacy-preserving guarantees, which operates…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-07-19 Jakob Nylöf , Apostolos I. Rikos , Sebin Gracy , Karl H. Johansson

Motivated by applications of distributed linear estimation, distributed control and distributed optimization, we consider the question of designing linear iterative algorithms for computing the average of numbers in a network. Specifically,…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2009-08-28 Kyomin Jung , Devavrat Shah , Jinwoo Shin

We introduce a modified Consensus-Based Optimization model that admits a fully unified and rigorous analysis of its finite-particle dynamics, the associated McKean--Vlasov equation, and their optimization behavior under a single set of…

Probability · Mathematics 2025-11-25 Young-Pil Choi , Seungchan Lee , Sihyun Song

Distributed consensus algorithm over networks of quantum systems has been the focus of recent studies in the context of quantum computing and distributed control. Most of the progress in this category have been on the convergence conditions…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2016-05-24 Saber Jafarizadeh

This paper proposes a fast decentralized algorithm for solving a consensus optimization problem defined in a directed networked multi-agent system, where the local objective functions have the smooth+nonsmooth composite form, and are…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2017-03-28 Jinshan Zeng , Tao He , Mingwen Wang

We propose a distributed version of the Alternating Direction Method of Multipliers (ADMM) with linear updates for directed networks. We show that if the objective function of the minimization problem is smooth and strongly convex, our…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-09-21 Kiran Rokade , Rachel Kalpana Kalaimani

We consider a multi agent optimization problem where a set of agents collectively solves a global optimization problem with the objective function given by the sum of locally known convex functions. We focus on the case when information…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-03-14 Ali Makhdoumi , Asuman Ozdaglar

In this letter, we study the problem of accelerating reaching average consensus over connected graphs in a discrete-time communication setting. Literature has shown that consensus algorithms can be accelerated by increasing the graph…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-11-14 Amir-Salar Esteki , Hossein Moradian , Solmaz S. Kia

Most algorithms for decentralized learning employ a consensus or diffusion mechanism to drive agents to a common solution of a global optimization problem. Generally this takes the form of linear averaging, at a rate of contraction…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-06-07 Aaron Fainman , Stefan Vlaski

We consider the problem of achieving average consensus among multiple agents, where the inter-agent communication network is depicted by a graph. We consider the discrete-time consensus protocol where each agent updates its value as a…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-11-30 Kiran Rokade , Rachel Kalpana Kalaimani

This paper studies the consensus problem of general linear discrete-time multi-agent systems (MAS) with input constraints and bounded time-varying communication delays. We propose a robust distributed model predictive control (DMPC)…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-09-20 Henglai Wei , Changxin Liu , Yang Shi

Computing a sample mean of time series under dynamic time warping (DTW) is NP-hard. Consequently, there is an ongoing research effort to devise efficient heuristics. The majority of heuristics have been developed for the constrained sample…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-02-26 Brijnesh Jain , Vincent Froese , David Schultz

In this paper, we consider the privacy preservation problem in both discrete- and continuous-time average consensus algorithms with strongly connected and balanced graphs, against either internal honest-but-curious agents or external…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-09-07 Yi Xiong , Zhongkui Li

Achieving average consensus without disclosing sensitive information can be a critical concern for multi-agent coordination. This paper examines privacy-preserving average consensus (PPAC) for vector-valued multi-agent networks. In…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-09-23 Lulu Pan , Haibin Shao , Yang Lu , Mehran Mesbahi , Dewei Li , Yugeng Xi

We consider constraint-coupled optimization problems in which agents of a network aim to cooperatively minimize the sum of local objective functions subject to individual constraints and a common linear coupling constraint. We propose a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-07-26 Alessandro Falsone , Ivano Notarnicola , Giuseppe Notarstefano , Maria Prandini

In this paper, we consider the unconstrained distributed optimization problem, in which the exchange of information in the network is captured by a directed graph topology, thus, nodes can only communicate with their neighbors.…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-12-07 Apostolos I. Rikos , Wei Jiang , Themistoklis Charalambous , Karl H. Johansson

Distributed change-point detection has been a fundamental problem when performing real-time monitoring using sensor-networks. We propose a distributed detection algorithm, where each sensor only exchanges CUSUM statistic with their…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-01-09 Qinghua Liu , Rui Zhang , Yao Xie

This thesis is concerned with distributed control and coordination of networks consisting of multiple, potentially mobile, agents. This is motivated mainly by the emergence of large scale networks characterized by the lack of centralized…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2010-10-01 Alex Olshevsky

Latency is inherent in almost all real-world networked applications. In this paper, we propose a distributed allocation strategy over multi-agent networks with delayed communications. The state of each agent (or node) represents its share…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-08-31 Mohammadreza Doostmohammadian , Wei Jiang , Themistoklis Charalambous

In this paper, we provide a theoretical analysis for nonlinear discontinuous consensus protocols in networks of multiagents over weighted directed graphs. By integrating the analytic tools from nonsmooth stability analysis and graph theory,…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2013-11-26 Liu Bo , Lu Wenlian , Chen Tianping