Proximal nested primal-dual gradient algorithms for distributed constraint-coupled composite optimization

In this paper, we study a class of distributed constraint-coupled optimization problems, where each local function is composed of a smooth and strongly convex function and a convex but possibly non-smooth function. We design a novel proximal nested primal-dual gradient algorithm (Prox-NPGA), which is a generalized version of the exiting algorithm- NPGA. The convergence of Prox-NPGA is proved and the upper bounds of the step-sizes are given. Finally, numerical experiments are employed to verify the theoretical results and compare the convergence rates of different versions of Prox-NPGA.(c) 2022 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.