Several Performance Bounds on Decentralized Online Optimization are Highly Conservative and Potentially Misleading

Erwan Meunier, Julien M. Hendrickx
9/8/2025
math.OCcs.AIcs.DC

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We analyze Decentralized Online Optimization algorithms using the Performance Estimation Problem approach which allows, to automatically compute exact worst-case performance of optimization algorithms. Our analysis shows that several available performance guarantees are very conservative, sometimes by multiple orders of magnitude, and can lead to misguided choices of algorithm. Moreover, at least in terms of worst-case performance, some algorithms appear not to benefit from inter-agent communications for a significant period of time. We show how to improve classical methods by tuning their step-sizes, and find that we can save up to 20% on their actual worst-case performance regret.

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@article{meunier2025several,
  title  = {Several Performance Bounds on Decentralized Online Optimization are Highly Conservative and Potentially Misleading},
  author = {Erwan Meunier and Julien M. Hendrickx},
  year   = {2025},
  eprint = {2509.06466},
  archivePrefix = {arXiv},
  url    = {http://arxiv.org/abs/2509.06466v1}
}

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