arXiv:2603.27803cs.LGcs.MA2026-03中稿 · ACC 2026被引 1

提出分布式在线子模优化算法,支持任意网络拓扑下的同步决策。

Distributed Online Submodular Maximization under Communication Delays: A Simultaneous Decision-Making Approach

  • 结合对抗性博弈学习与延迟反馈,实现多智能体同步决策。
  • 理论证明算法近似性能,量化去中心化导致的损失与网络结构的关系。
  • 适用于动态环境中的分布式信息采集任务,适合大规模协同系统研究者。

我们提出了一个在通信延迟下用于多智能体子模最大化问题的分布式在线算法。该研究源于未来未知且动态环境中分布式信息采集任务的需求,其效用函数天然具有递减回报特性,即子模性。现有方法或依赖串行多跳通信,导致延迟过高并需严格连通性假设;或仅限于单跳邻居协调,限制了协作性能。为解决此问题,我们提出分布式在线贪婪(DOG)算法,融合对抗性随机学习与延迟反馈机制,实现任意网络拓扑下的同步决策。我们给出了DOG相对于最优解的近似性能,将去中心化带来的次优代价建模为网络结构的函数。分析进一步揭示了协调性能与收敛时间之间的权衡,由通信延迟大小决定。基于此权衡,DOG覆盖了现有最先进的完全集中式在线协调方法[1]与完全去中心化单跳协调方法[2]之间的谱系。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

We provide a distributed online algorithm for multi-agent submodular maximization under communication delays. We are motivated by the future distributed information-gathering tasks in unknown and dynamic environments, where utility functions naturally exhibit the diminishing-returns property, i.e., submodularity. Existing approaches for online submodular maximization either rely on sequential multi-hop communication, resulting in prohibitive delays and restrictive connectivity assumptions, or restrict each agent's coordination to its one-hop neighborhood only, thereby limiting the coordination performance. To address the issue, we provide the Distributed Online Greedy (DOG) algorithm, which integrates tools from adversarial bandit learning with delayed feedback to enable simultaneous decision-making across arbitrary network topologies. We provide the approximation performance of DOG against an optimal solution, capturing the suboptimality cost due to decentralization as a function of the network structure. Our analyses further reveal a trade-off between coordination performance and convergence time, determined by the magnitude of communication delays. By this trade-off, DOG spans the spectrum between the state-of-the-art fully centralized online coordination approach [1] and fully decentralized one-hop coordination approach [2].

分布式优化子模优化多智能体系统延迟通信

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