## Abstract and Applied Analysis

### Asynchronous Gossip-Based Gradient-Free Method for Multiagent Optimization

Deming Yuan

#### Abstract

This paper considers the constrained multiagent optimization problem. The objective function of the problem is a sum of convex functions, each of which is known by a specific agent only. For solving this problem, we propose an asynchronous distributed method that is based on gradient-free oracles and gossip algorithm. In contrast to the existing work, we do not require that agents be capable of computing the subgradients of their objective functions and coordinating their step size values as well. We prove that with probability 1 the iterates of all agents converge to the same optimal point of the problem, for a diminishing step size.

#### Article information

Source
Abstr. Appl. Anal., Volume 2014, Special Issue (2013), Article ID 618641, 6 pages.

Dates
First available in Project Euclid: 6 October 2014

Permanent link to this document
https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.aaa/1412605761

Digital Object Identifier
doi:10.1155/2014/618641

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR3193527

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
07022736

#### Citation

Yuan, Deming. Asynchronous Gossip-Based Gradient-Free Method for Multiagent Optimization. Abstr. Appl. Anal. 2014, Special Issue (2013), Article ID 618641, 6 pages. doi:10.1155/2014/618641. https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.aaa/1412605761

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