A Tutorial on Distributed Optimization for Cooperative Robotics: from Setups and Algorithms to Toolboxes and Research Directions

A Testa, G Carnevale, G Notarstefano - arXiv preprint arXiv:2309.04257, 2023 - arxiv.org
Several interesting problems in multi-robot systems can be cast in the framework of
distributed optimization. Examples include multi-robot task allocation, vehicle routing, target …

Nonconvex distributed feedback optimization for aggregative cooperative robotics

G Carnevale, N Mimmo, G Notarstefano - Automatica, 2024 - Elsevier
Distributed aggregative optimization is a recently emerged framework in which the agents of
a network want to minimize the sum of local objective functions, each one depending on the …

Nonconvex distributed optimization via lasalle and singular perturbations

G Carnevale, G Notarstefano - IEEE Control Systems Letters, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this letter we address nonconvex distributed consensus optimization, a popular framework
for distributed big-data analytics and learning. We consider the Gradient Tracking algorithm …

Communication‐aware distributed rebalancing for cooperative car‐sharing service

N Hayashi, K Sakurama - IET Control Theory & Applications, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
This study presents a cooperative car‐sharing system in which various service providers
jointly operate a sharing service. A distributed algorithm is proposed for rebalancing control …

Distributed consensus optimization via ADMM-tracking gradient

G Carnevale, N Bastianello, R Carli… - 2023 62nd IEEE …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we propose a novel distributed algorithm for consensus optimization over
networks. The key idea is to achieve dynamic consensus on the agents' average and on the …

ADMM-tracking gradient for distributed optimization over asynchronous and unreliable networks

G Carnevale, N Bastianello, G Notarstefano… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2023 - arxiv.org
In this paper, we propose (i) a novel distributed algorithm for consensus optimization over
networks and (ii) a robust extension tailored to deal with asynchronous agents and packet …

Zeroth-Order Decentralized Dual Averaging for Online Optimization With Privacy Consideration

K Zhang, Q Lü, X Liao, H Li - IEEE Transactions on Emerging …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article studies a decentralized online optimization problem with a common constraint
set over time-varying and directed networks. Nodes in the network undertake local …

A Gradient Tracking Protocol for Optimization Over Nabla Fractional Multi-Agent Systems

S Zhou, Y Wei, S Liang, J Cao - IEEE Transactions on Signal …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper investigates the distributed consensus optimization over a class of nabla
fractional multi-agent systems (nFMASs). The proposed approach, built upon conventional …

A Tracking Augmented Lagrangian Method for ℓ0 Sparse Consensus Optimization

A Olama, G Carnevale, G Notarstefano… - … on Control, Decision …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Sparse convex optimization involves optimization problems where the decision variables
are constrained to have a certain number of entries equal to zero. In this paper, we consider …

Towards Parameter-free Distributed Optimization: a Port-Hamiltonian Approach

R Aldana-López, A Macchelli, G Notarstefano… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
This paper introduces a novel distributed optimization technique for networked systems,
which removes the dependency on specific parameter choices, notably the learning rate …