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Computing the rate distortion region for the ceo problem with independent sources
1. Computing the Rate Distortion Region for the CEO Problem With
Independent Sources
Abstract:
A method for numerically calculating the rate distortion region for the
central estimation officer (CEO) problem when the sources are
independent is derived by generalizing the Blahut-Arimoto algorithm.
Unlike the traditional rate distortion function computation problem, the
Lagrangian for the CEO rate distortion region can be nonconvex. When the
Lagrangian is convex, the presented algorithm is converged from every
initialization to the global optimum under some additional uniqueness
conditions. When the Lagrangian is nonconvex, the convergent value
obtained by the algorithm can be initialization dependent. Tohandle these
nonconvex cases, an explicit nonrandom initialization that is in the region
of attraction of the global optimum for low distortions is provided. Some
example problems motivated by remote lossy function computation
in sensor networks and wireless resource controllers highlight that both the
convex and nonconvex cases occur in practice and the utility of the
algorithm in computing their rate distortion regions.