Optimal Gradient Tracking for Decentralized Optimization

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Auteurs principaux: Song, Zhuoqing, Shi, Lei, Pu, Shi, Yan, Ming
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author Song, Zhuoqing
Shi, Lei
Pu, Shi
Yan, Ming
author_facet Song, Zhuoqing
Shi, Lei
Pu, Shi
Yan, Ming
contents In this paper, we focus on solving the decentralized optimization problem of minimizing the sum of $n$ objective functions over a multi-agent network. The agents are embedded in an undirected graph where they can only send/receive information directly to/from their immediate neighbors. Assuming smooth and strongly convex objective functions, we propose an Optimal Gradient Tracking (OGT) method that achieves the optimal gradient computation complexity $O\left(\sqrtκ\log\frac{1}ε\right)$ and the optimal communication complexity $O\left(\sqrt{\fracκθ}\log\frac{1}ε\right)$ simultaneously, where $κ$ and $\frac{1}θ$ denote the condition numbers related to the objective functions and the communication graph, respectively. To our knowledge, OGT is the first single-loop decentralized gradient-type method that is optimal in both gradient computation and communication complexities. The development of OGT involves two building blocks which are also of independent interest. The first one is another new decentralized gradient tracking method termed "Snapshot" Gradient Tracking (SS-GT), which achieves the gradient computation and communication complexities of $O\left(\sqrtκ\log\frac{1}ε\right)$ and $O\left(\frac{\sqrtκ}θ\log\frac{1}ε\right)$, respectively. SS-GT can be potentially extended to more general settings compared to OGT. The second one is a technique termed Loopless Chebyshev Acceleration (LCA) which can be implemented "looplessly" but achieve similar effect with adding multiple inner loops of Chebyshev acceleration in the algorithms. In addition to SS-GT, this LCA technique can accelerate many other gradient tracking based methods with respect to the graph condition number $\frac{1}θ$.
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spellingShingle Optimal Gradient Tracking for Decentralized Optimization
Song, Zhuoqing
Shi, Lei
Pu, Shi
Yan, Ming
Optimization and Control
In this paper, we focus on solving the decentralized optimization problem of minimizing the sum of $n$ objective functions over a multi-agent network. The agents are embedded in an undirected graph where they can only send/receive information directly to/from their immediate neighbors. Assuming smooth and strongly convex objective functions, we propose an Optimal Gradient Tracking (OGT) method that achieves the optimal gradient computation complexity $O\left(\sqrtκ\log\frac{1}ε\right)$ and the optimal communication complexity $O\left(\sqrt{\fracκθ}\log\frac{1}ε\right)$ simultaneously, where $κ$ and $\frac{1}θ$ denote the condition numbers related to the objective functions and the communication graph, respectively. To our knowledge, OGT is the first single-loop decentralized gradient-type method that is optimal in both gradient computation and communication complexities. The development of OGT involves two building blocks which are also of independent interest. The first one is another new decentralized gradient tracking method termed "Snapshot" Gradient Tracking (SS-GT), which achieves the gradient computation and communication complexities of $O\left(\sqrtκ\log\frac{1}ε\right)$ and $O\left(\frac{\sqrtκ}θ\log\frac{1}ε\right)$, respectively. SS-GT can be potentially extended to more general settings compared to OGT. The second one is a technique termed Loopless Chebyshev Acceleration (LCA) which can be implemented "looplessly" but achieve similar effect with adding multiple inner loops of Chebyshev acceleration in the algorithms. In addition to SS-GT, this LCA technique can accelerate many other gradient tracking based methods with respect to the graph condition number $\frac{1}θ$.
title Optimal Gradient Tracking for Decentralized Optimization
topic Optimization and Control
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2110.05282