ADMM-Tracking Gradient for Distributed Optimization over Asynchronous and Unreliable Networks

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Main Authors: Carnevale, Guido, Bastianello, Nicola, Notarstefano, Giuseppe, Carli, Ruggero
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Published: 2023
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author Carnevale, Guido
Bastianello, Nicola
Notarstefano, Giuseppe
Carli, Ruggero
author_facet Carnevale, Guido
Bastianello, Nicola
Notarstefano, Giuseppe
Carli, Ruggero
contents In this paper, we propose a novel distributed algorithm for consensus optimization over networks and a robust extension tailored to deal with asynchronous agents and packet losses. Indeed, to robustly achieve dynamic consensus on the solution estimates and the global descent direction, we embed in our algorithms a distributed implementation of the Alternating Direction Method of Multipliers (ADMM). Such a mechanism is suitably interlaced with a local proportional action steering each agent estimate to the solution of the original consensus optimization problem. First, in the case of ideal networks, by using tools from system theory, we prove the linear convergence of the scheme with strongly convex costs. Then, by exploiting the averaging theory, we extend such a first result to prove that the robust extension of our method preserves linear convergence in the case of asynchronous agents and packet losses. Further, by using the notion of Input-to-State Stability, we also guarantee the robustness of the schemes with respect to additional, generic errors affecting the agents' updates. Finally, some numerical simulations confirm our theoretical findings and compare our algorithms with other distributed schemes in terms of speed and robustness.
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spellingShingle ADMM-Tracking Gradient for Distributed Optimization over Asynchronous and Unreliable Networks
Carnevale, Guido
Bastianello, Nicola
Notarstefano, Giuseppe
Carli, Ruggero
Optimization and Control
In this paper, we propose a novel distributed algorithm for consensus optimization over networks and a robust extension tailored to deal with asynchronous agents and packet losses. Indeed, to robustly achieve dynamic consensus on the solution estimates and the global descent direction, we embed in our algorithms a distributed implementation of the Alternating Direction Method of Multipliers (ADMM). Such a mechanism is suitably interlaced with a local proportional action steering each agent estimate to the solution of the original consensus optimization problem. First, in the case of ideal networks, by using tools from system theory, we prove the linear convergence of the scheme with strongly convex costs. Then, by exploiting the averaging theory, we extend such a first result to prove that the robust extension of our method preserves linear convergence in the case of asynchronous agents and packet losses. Further, by using the notion of Input-to-State Stability, we also guarantee the robustness of the schemes with respect to additional, generic errors affecting the agents' updates. Finally, some numerical simulations confirm our theoretical findings and compare our algorithms with other distributed schemes in terms of speed and robustness.
title ADMM-Tracking Gradient for Distributed Optimization over Asynchronous and Unreliable Networks
topic Optimization and Control
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2309.14142