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48 results for communication complexity

New algorithm reduces sample and communication complexities in federated Q-learning.

problem Optimal Q-function learning in federated Q-learning with limited communication.
method Introduced Fed-DVR-Q algorithm for order-optimal sample and communication complexities.
result Complete characterization of sample-communication complexity trade-off.

Study hypothesis testing under quantized samples with communication constraints, achieving near-optimal sample complexity.

problem Optimizing hypothesis testing with quantized samples and communication constraints.
method Developed a polynomial-time algorithm achieving near-optimal sample complexity under communication constraints.
result Achieved near-optimal sample complexity under communication constraints, with a logarithmic factor increase over unconstrained setting.

SCAFFLSA reduces communication complexity for federated learning with heterogeneous clients.

problem Quantifying and reducing communication complexity in federated learning with heterogeneous clients.
method Proposes SCAFFLSA, a variant of FedLSA using control variates to correct for client drift.
result SCAFFLSA achieves logarithmic communication complexity for statistically heterogeneous agents, scaling with the inverse of the desired accuracy.

We prove a general connection between the communication complexity of two-player games and the sample complexity of their multi-player locally private analogues. We use this connection to prove sample complexity lower bounds for locally differentially private protocols as straightforward corollaries of results from com…

2019-07-01abs ↗pdf ↗

Paper improves communication in distributed optimization, reducing worker-to-server data exchanges.

problem Efficiency in server-to-worker communication in distributed optimization.
method MARINA-P, a novel downlink compression method using correlated compressors; M3, combining MARINA-P with uplink compression.
result MARINA-P achieves provably superior server-to-worker communication complexity with increasing number of workers.

A new hybrid-ordered SGD method reduces communication and complexity for non-convex optimization.

problem Balancing communication, computational complexity, and convergence rate in distributed non-convex optimization.
method Hybrid-ordered distributed SGD with pre-shared scalers and periodic vector communication.
result Order-wise faster convergence compared to existing methods.

A2SGD reduces distributed SGD communication to O(1) per worker.

problem Heavy communication costs in distributed SGD for large models.
method Two-level gradient averaging to consolidate gradients to two local averages.
result Achieves O(1) communication complexity per worker, significantly reducing traffic and training time.

Paper tackles low sample and communication complexities in decentralized bilevel optimization.

problem Decentralized bilevel optimization problems with limited computation and communication capabilities.
method Proposes INTERACT and SVR-INTERACT algorithms to achieve low sample and communication complexities.
result Achieves both low sample and communication complexities for solving decentralized bilevel optimization problems.

Efficiently addresses federated learning challenges with reduced communication and sample complexity.

problem Heterogeneity in data volumes and distributions at different clients compromises model generalization ability.
method Introduces algorithms for communication-efficient Federated Group Distributionally Robust Optimization (FGDRO).
result Communication complexity reduced to O(1/ε4)O(1/ε^4) for FGDRO-CVaR and O(1/ε3)O(1/ε^3) for FGDRO-KL.

With the help of transfer entropy, we analyze information flows between communities of complex networks. We show that the transfer entropy provides a coherent description of interactions between communities, including non-linear interactions. To put some flesh on the bare bones, we analyze transfer entropies between co…

2017-06-17abs ↗pdf ↗

With the recent advances in complex networks theory, graph-based techniques for image segmentation has attracted great attention recently. In order to segment the image into meaningful connected components, this paper proposes an image segmentation general framework using complex networks based community detection algo…

2019-07-04abs ↗pdf ↗

We study the problem of identifying correlations in multivariate data, under information constraints: Either on the amount of memory that can be used by the algorithm, or the amount of communication when the data is distributed across several machines. We prove a tight trade-off between the memory/communication complex…

2018-03-04abs ↗pdf ↗

To solve the big topic modeling problem, we need to reduce both time and space complexities of batch latent Dirichlet allocation (LDA) algorithms. Although parallel LDA algorithms on the multi-processor architecture have low time and space complexities, their communication costs among processors often scale linearly wi…

2013-11-17abs ↗pdf ↗

GradSkip reduces local training steps for better communication efficiency.

problem High communication costs in distributed optimization.
method GradSkip redesigns ProxSkip to allow clients with less important data to take fewer local training steps.
result GradSkip converges linearly with reduced local training steps and same accelerated communication complexity.

We study distribution testing with communication and memory constraints in the following computational models: (1) The {\em one-pass streaming model} where the goal is to minimize the sample complexity of the protocol subject to a memory constraint, and (2) A {\em distributed model} where the data samples reside at mul…

2019-06-11abs ↗pdf ↗

Federated learning supports exact support recovery with minimal communication.

problem Learning the exact support of sparse linear regression in federated learning.
method One-shot communication algorithm for exact support recovery without optimization.
result Polynomial sample complexity and logarithmic number of clients required.

Statistical estimates can often be improved by fusion of data from several different sources. One example is so-called ensemble methods which have been successfully applied in areas such as machine learning for classification and clustering. In this paper, we present an ensemble method to improve community detection by…

2013-09-01abs ↗pdf ↗

This work improves Q-learning for average-reward MDPs, reducing sample and communication complexities in federated settings.

problem Improving sample complexity of Q-learning for average-reward MDPs.
method Simple Q-learning algorithm with carefully chosen parameters for both single-agent and federated scenarios.
result Established first federated Q-learning algorithm for average-reward MDPs with provable efficiency in sample and communication complexities.

To accelerate the training of machine learning models, distributed stochastic gradient descent (SGD) and its variants have been widely adopted, which apply multiple workers in parallel to speed up training. Among them, Local SGD has gained much attention due to its lower communication cost. Nevertheless, when the data …

2019-12-30abs ↗pdf ↗

New protocol reduces communication costs for heterogeneous bandits over complex networks.

problem Minimizing group regret in a multi-agent, heterogeneous bandit setting over complex networks.
method Flooding with Absorption (FwA) protocol for heterogeneous bandits over complex networks.
result FwA protocol significantly reduces communication costs compared to flooding while maintaining similar regret performance.

Improved algorithm reduces communication rounds for distributed online learning.

problem Complicated constraints in distributed online learning with locally light computations.
method Proposed D-BOCG algorithm with delayed update mechanism and redefined surrogate loss function.
result Achieved O(T3/4)O(T^{3/4}) regret bound with O(T)O(\sqrt{T}) communication rounds for convex losses.

DESTRESS optimizes decentralized nonconvex optimization with optimal IFO complexity and efficient communication.

problem Decentralized nonconvex finite-sum optimization in multi-agent systems.
method DESTRESS uses stochastic recursive gradient updates, gradient tracking, and careful hyper-parameter choices to achieve optimal IFO complexity with efficient communication.
result DESTRESS matches the optimal IFO complexity of centralized algorithms while maintaining communication efficiency.

Study binary hypothesis testing with privacy and communication constraints.

problem Binary hypothesis testing under local differential privacy and communication constraints.
method Qualifies results as minimax or instance optimal, develops instance-optimal algorithms.
result Achieves minimum possible sample complexity under both privacy and communication constraints.

We present new algorithms for detecting the emergence of a community in large networks from sequential observations. The networks are modeled using Erdos-Renyi random graphs with edges forming between nodes in the community with higher probability. Based on statistical changepoint detection methodology, we develop thre…

2014-07-22abs ↗pdf ↗

A new model detects complex network communities using node attributes.

problem Lack of methods integrating node attributes for community detection in attributed networks.
method BCSBM model that integrates betweenness centrality and clustering coefficient of nodes.
result BCSBM model outperforms other methods in detecting various network structures.

A new method for distributed optimization reduces communication rounds without minibatches.

problem Efficient training in distributed machine learning with different data distributions.
method A primal-dual method (GA-MSGD) applied to the Lagrangian of distributed optimization.
result Achieves linear convergence in communication rounds for strongly convex objectives.

A new approach for cooperative multi-agent reinforcement learning with limited communication, reducing the number of communication rounds.

problem Limited communication in decentralized MARL systems leads to outdated information and unstable learning.
method Base policy prediction technique to estimate gradients and collect samples for a sequence of base policies.
result The proposed algorithm converges to an ε-Nash equilibrium with significantly fewer communication rounds and samples.

This paper sets communication complexity bounds for distributed RL.

problem Establishing minimum communication requirements for distributed RL.
method Information-theoretic lower bounds and algorithm development.
result Developed algorithms achieving optimal risk up to logarithmic factors.

This paper provides new algorithms for distributed clustering for two popular center-based objectives, k-median and k-means. These algorithms have provable guarantees and improve communication complexity over existing approaches. Following a classic approach in clustering by \cite{har2004coresets}, we reduce the proble…

2013-06-03abs ↗pdf ↗

Optimizes learning policies in MDPs with weakly communicating structure.

problem Learning optimal policies in weakly communicating MDPs with generative model.
method Span-based approach, reducing to discounted MDPs for analysis.
result First minimax optimal sample complexity bound for weakly communicating MDPs.

This paper combines three techniques to reduce communications in distributed variational inequalities.

problem Efficiently communicating solutions in large-scale distributed variational inequalities.
method Combining similarity, compression, and local steps to reduce communication rounds and cost.
result Best theoretical guarantees of communication complexity and superior performance in adversarial learning experiments.

New algorithms improve distributed optimization under specific conditions.

problem Distributed optimization problems with high communication costs.
method SVRS and AccSVRS algorithms combining gradient sliding and variance reduction.
result Achieved better communication complexity in distributed optimization.

This paper studies the problem of detecting the presence of a small dense community planted in a large Erdős-Rényi random graph G(N,q)\mathcal{G}(N,q), where the edge probability within the community exceeds qq by a constant factor. Assuming the hardness of the planted clique detection problem, we show that the computatio…

2014-06-25abs ↗pdf ↗