Distributed Compression for Computation and Bounds on the Optimal Rate

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Main Authors: Salehi, Mohammad Reza Deylam, Malak, Derya
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Published: 2025
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author Salehi, Mohammad Reza Deylam
Malak, Derya
author_facet Salehi, Mohammad Reza Deylam
Malak, Derya
contents We address the problem of distributed computation of arbitrary functions of two correlated sources $X_1$ and $X_2$, residing in two distributed source nodes, respectively. We exploit the structure of a computation task by coding source characteristic graphs (and multiple instances using the $n$-fold OR product of this graph with itself). For regular graphs and general graphs, we establish bounds on the optimal rate -- characterized by the chromatic entropy for the $n$-fold graph products -- that allows a receiver for asymptotically lossless computation of arbitrary functions over finite fields. For the special class of cycle graphs (i.e., $2$-regular graphs), we establish an exact characterization of chromatic numbers and derive bounds on the required rates. Next, focusing on the more general class of $d$-regular graphs, we establish connections between $d$-regular graphs and expansion rates for $n$-fold graph powers using graph spectra. Finally, for general graphs, we leverage the Gershgorin Circle Theorem (GCT) to provide a characterization of the spectra, which allows us to build new bounds on the optimal rate. Our codes leverage the spectra of the computation and provide a graph expansion-based characterization to efficiently/succinctly capture the computation structure, providing new insights into the problem of distributed computation of arbitrary functions.
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spellingShingle Distributed Compression for Computation and Bounds on the Optimal Rate
Salehi, Mohammad Reza Deylam
Malak, Derya
Information Theory
We address the problem of distributed computation of arbitrary functions of two correlated sources $X_1$ and $X_2$, residing in two distributed source nodes, respectively. We exploit the structure of a computation task by coding source characteristic graphs (and multiple instances using the $n$-fold OR product of this graph with itself). For regular graphs and general graphs, we establish bounds on the optimal rate -- characterized by the chromatic entropy for the $n$-fold graph products -- that allows a receiver for asymptotically lossless computation of arbitrary functions over finite fields. For the special class of cycle graphs (i.e., $2$-regular graphs), we establish an exact characterization of chromatic numbers and derive bounds on the required rates. Next, focusing on the more general class of $d$-regular graphs, we establish connections between $d$-regular graphs and expansion rates for $n$-fold graph powers using graph spectra. Finally, for general graphs, we leverage the Gershgorin Circle Theorem (GCT) to provide a characterization of the spectra, which allows us to build new bounds on the optimal rate. Our codes leverage the spectra of the computation and provide a graph expansion-based characterization to efficiently/succinctly capture the computation structure, providing new insights into the problem of distributed computation of arbitrary functions.
title Distributed Compression for Computation and Bounds on the Optimal Rate
topic Information Theory
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.15706