Consensus optimization on manifolds

dc.creatorSarlette, Alain
dc.creatorSepulchre, Rodolphe
dc.date2008-11-26
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T12:04:31Z
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dc.descriptionThe present paper considers distributed consensus algorithms that involve N agents evolving on a connected compact homogeneous manifold. The agents track no external reference and communicate their relative state according to a communication graph. The consensus problem is formulated in terms of the extrema of a cost function. This leads to efficient gradient algorithms to synchronize (i.e. maximizing the consensus) or balance (i.e. minimizing the consensus) the agents; a convenient adaptation of the gradient algorithms is used when the communication graph is directed and time-varying. The cost function is linked to a specific centroid definition on manifolds, introduced here as the induced arithmetic mean, that is easily computable in closed form and may be of independent interest for a number of manifolds. The special orthogonal group SO(n) and the Grassmann manifold Gr(p,n) are treated as original examples. A link is also drawn with the many existing results on the circle.
dc.descriptionPreprint submitted to SIAM/SICON September 2006; revised November 2007; accepted for publication April 2008; publication date unknown before 2009
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0811.4275
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0811.4275
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/208155
dc.subjectOptimization and Control
dc.subjectDifferential Geometry
dc.titleConsensus optimization on manifolds
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