Distributed Optimization for Linear Multiagent Systems: Edge- and Node-Based Adaptive Designs

Abstract

This paper studies the distributed optimization problem for continuous-time multiagent systems with general linear dynamics. The objective is to cooperatively optimize a team performance function formed by a sum of convex local objective functions. Each agent utilizes only local interaction and the gradient of its own local objective function. To achieve the cooperative goal, a couple of fully distributed optimal algorithms are designed. First, an edge-based adaptive algorithm is developed for linear multiagent systems with a class of convex local objective functions. Then, a node-based adaptive algorithm is constructed to solve the distributed optimization problem for a class of agents satisfying the bounded-input bounded-state stable property. Sufficient conditions are given to ensure that all agents reach a consensus while minimizing the team performance function. Finally, numerical examples are provided to illustrate the theoretical results.