Distributed Newton Step Projection Algorithm for Online Convex Optimization Over Time-Varying Unbalanced Networks

In this paper, we investigate distributed online optimization over multi-agent networks, where a group of agents aim to cooperatively seek the minimum value of a time-varying global loss function that can be expressed as the sum of the local loss functions privately owned by a single agent on the ne...

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Main Authors: Jiayi Wu, Yu-Ping Tian
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Language:English
Published: IEEE 2024-01-01
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Online Access:https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10374368/
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description In this paper, we investigate distributed online optimization over multi-agent networks, where a group of agents aim to cooperatively seek the minimum value of a time-varying global loss function that can be expressed as the sum of the local loss functions privately owned by a single agent on the network at each iteration. In addition, all agents do not know the future loss function, and information about the loss function is disclosed only after the agent has made a decision. We are interested in scenarios where the communication topology of a multi-agent network is a sequence of time-varying unbalanced graphs and the loss function of each agent is a class of non-strongly convex functions. We generalize the distributed online Newton step algorithm to a more general multi-agent network by introducing a consensual-based auxiliary estimation to rescale the contribution of each agent in optimization. Our algorithm only uses row stochastic matrices and does not require the agent to know the out-degree of its in-neighbors. The convergence of regret bound over time-varying unbalanced networks is rigorously proved. Simulation results also verify the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm, and show its advantage in convergence speed compared with the first-order algorithms.
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spelling doaj.art-55f29a4ee6f849c6b58574269ed066762024-01-05T00:03:19ZengIEEEIEEE Access2169-35362024-01-01121189120010.1109/ACCESS.2023.334764910374368Distributed Newton Step Projection Algorithm for Online Convex Optimization Over Time-Varying Unbalanced NetworksJiayi Wu0https://orcid.org/0009-0000-7616-857XYu-Ping Tian1https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1193-3394School of Automation, Hangzhou Dianzi University, Hangzhou, ChinaSchool of Automation, Hangzhou Dianzi University, Hangzhou, ChinaIn this paper, we investigate distributed online optimization over multi-agent networks, where a group of agents aim to cooperatively seek the minimum value of a time-varying global loss function that can be expressed as the sum of the local loss functions privately owned by a single agent on the network at each iteration. In addition, all agents do not know the future loss function, and information about the loss function is disclosed only after the agent has made a decision. We are interested in scenarios where the communication topology of a multi-agent network is a sequence of time-varying unbalanced graphs and the loss function of each agent is a class of non-strongly convex functions. We generalize the distributed online Newton step algorithm to a more general multi-agent network by introducing a consensual-based auxiliary estimation to rescale the contribution of each agent in optimization. Our algorithm only uses row stochastic matrices and does not require the agent to know the out-degree of its in-neighbors. The convergence of regret bound over time-varying unbalanced networks is rigorously proved. Simulation results also verify the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm, and show its advantage in convergence speed compared with the first-order algorithms.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10374368/Distributed optimizationonline convex optimizationNewton step projection algorithmmulti-agent networktime-varying unbalanced directed graphs
spellingShingle Jiayi Wu
Yu-Ping Tian
Distributed Newton Step Projection Algorithm for Online Convex Optimization Over Time-Varying Unbalanced Networks
IEEE Access
Distributed optimization
online convex optimization
Newton step projection algorithm
multi-agent network
time-varying unbalanced directed graphs
title Distributed Newton Step Projection Algorithm for Online Convex Optimization Over Time-Varying Unbalanced Networks
title_full Distributed Newton Step Projection Algorithm for Online Convex Optimization Over Time-Varying Unbalanced Networks
title_fullStr Distributed Newton Step Projection Algorithm for Online Convex Optimization Over Time-Varying Unbalanced Networks
title_full_unstemmed Distributed Newton Step Projection Algorithm for Online Convex Optimization Over Time-Varying Unbalanced Networks
title_short Distributed Newton Step Projection Algorithm for Online Convex Optimization Over Time-Varying Unbalanced Networks
title_sort distributed newton step projection algorithm for online convex optimization over time varying unbalanced networks
topic Distributed optimization
online convex optimization
Newton step projection algorithm
multi-agent network
time-varying unbalanced directed graphs
url https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10374368/
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