The ADMM algorithm for distributed quadratic problems: Parameter selection and constraint preconditioning

A Teixeira, E Ghadimi, I Shames… - IEEE Transactions …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents optimal parameter selection and preconditioning of the alternating
direction method of multipliers (ADMM) algorithm for a class of distributed quadratic …

Distributed identification of the most critical node for average consensus

H Liu, X Cao, J He, P Cheng, C Li… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In communication networks, cyber attacks, such as resource depleting attacks, can cause
failure of nodes and can damage or significantly slow down the convergence of the average …

Linear time average consensus on fixed graphs

A Olshevsky - IFAC-PapersOnLine, 2015 - Elsevier
We describe a protocol for the average consensus problem on any fixed undirected graph
whose convergence time scales linearly in the total number nodes n. More precisely we …

A fast robust nonlinear dynamic average consensus estimator in discrete time

B Van Scoy, RA Freeman, KM Lynch - IFAC-PapersOnLine, 2015 - Elsevier
We present a new discrete-time dynamic average consensus estimator which has significant
performance advantages over existing designs. It uses nonlinear oscillators to achieve both …

A scalable approach for serial data fusion in wireless sensor networks

A Mostefaoui, A Boukerche, MA Merzoug, M Melkemi - Computer Networks, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract In Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs), serial data fusion approaches, in which a
parameter of interest is estimated through the serial communication of nodes, have shown …

A new class of consensus protocols for agent networks with discrete time dynamics

MP Fanti, AM Mangini, F Mazzia, W Ukovich - Automatica, 2015 - Elsevier
The paper introduces a new class of consensus protocols to reach an agreement in
networks of agents with discrete time dynamics. In order to guarantee the convergence of …

A new fast consensus algorithm applied in rendezvous of multi-UAV

X Wei, D Fengyang, Z Qingjie, Z Bing… - The 27th Chinese …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Consistent state of the system is the basis of reaching the target area at the same time in
rendezvous of multi-UAV, and consensus algorithm is an effective method of multi-UAV …

Accelerating convergence of large-scale optimization algorithms

E Ghadimi - 2015 - diva-portal.org
Several recent engineering applications in multi-agent systems, communication networks,
and machine learning deal with decision problems that can be formulated as optimization …

Optimal worst-case dynamic average consensus

B Van Scoy, RA Freeman… - 2015 American Control …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We formulate a method for designing dynamic average consensus estimators with optimal
worst-case asymptotic convergence rate over a large set of undirected graphs. The …

Exploiting memory in dynamic average consensus

B Van Scoy, RA Freeman… - 2015 53rd Annual Allerton …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In the discrete-time average consensus problem, each agent in a network has a local input
and communicates with neighboring agents to calculate the global average of all agent …