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Main Authors: Doostmohammadian, Mohammadreza, Rabiee, Hamid R.
Format: Preprint
Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.22855
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author Doostmohammadian, Mohammadreza
Rabiee, Hamid R.
author_facet Doostmohammadian, Mohammadreza
Rabiee, Hamid R.
contents Distributed optimization advances centralized machine learning methods by enabling parallel and decentralized learning processes over a network of computing nodes. This work provides an accelerated consensus-based distributed algorithm for locally non-convex optimization using the gradient-tracking technique. The proposed algorithm (i) improves the convergence rate by adding momentum towards the optimal state using the heavy-ball method, while (ii) addressing general sector-bound nonlinearities over the information-sharing network. The link nonlinearity includes any sign-preserving odd sector-bound mapping, for example, log-scale data quantization or clipping in practical applications. For admissible momentum and gradient-tracking parameters, using perturbation theory and eigen-spectrum analysis, we prove convergence even in the presence of sector-bound nonlinearity and for locally non-convex cost functions. Further, in contrast to most existing weight-stochastic algorithms, we adopt weight-balanced (WB) network design. This WB design and perturbation-based analysis allow to handle dynamic directed network of agents to address possible time-varying setups due to link failures or packet drops.
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spellingShingle Momentum-based Accelerated Algorithm for Distributed Optimization under Sector-Bound Nonlinearity
Doostmohammadian, Mohammadreza
Rabiee, Hamid R.
Systems and Control
Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing
Multiagent Systems
Signal Processing
Optimization and Control
Distributed optimization advances centralized machine learning methods by enabling parallel and decentralized learning processes over a network of computing nodes. This work provides an accelerated consensus-based distributed algorithm for locally non-convex optimization using the gradient-tracking technique. The proposed algorithm (i) improves the convergence rate by adding momentum towards the optimal state using the heavy-ball method, while (ii) addressing general sector-bound nonlinearities over the information-sharing network. The link nonlinearity includes any sign-preserving odd sector-bound mapping, for example, log-scale data quantization or clipping in practical applications. For admissible momentum and gradient-tracking parameters, using perturbation theory and eigen-spectrum analysis, we prove convergence even in the presence of sector-bound nonlinearity and for locally non-convex cost functions. Further, in contrast to most existing weight-stochastic algorithms, we adopt weight-balanced (WB) network design. This WB design and perturbation-based analysis allow to handle dynamic directed network of agents to address possible time-varying setups due to link failures or packet drops.
title Momentum-based Accelerated Algorithm for Distributed Optimization under Sector-Bound Nonlinearity
topic Systems and Control
Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing
Multiagent Systems
Signal Processing
Optimization and Control
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.22855