3 papers
math.OC2026
Heterogeneous Distributed Zeroth-Order Nonconvex Optimization with Communication Compression
Haonan Wang, Xinlei Yi, Yiguang Hong +1
Distributed zeroth-order optimization is increasingly applied in heterogeneous scenarios where agents possess distinct data distributions and objectives. This heterogeneity poses f…
math.OC2025
Distributed Stochastic Zeroth-Order Optimization with Compressed Communication
Youqing Hua, Shuai Liu, Yiguang Hong +1
The dual challenges of prohibitive communication overhead and the impracticality of gradient computation due to data privacy or black-box constraints in distributed systems motivat…
math.OC2025
Compressed Zeroth-Order Algorithm for Stochastic Distributed Nonconvex Optimization
Haonan Wang, Xinlei Yi, Yiguang Hong
This paper studies the stochastic distributed nonconvex optimization problem over a network of agents, where agents only access stochastic zeroth-order information about their loca…