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Inspired by the subgradient push method developed recently by Nedić et al. we present a distributed dual averaging push algorithm for constrained nonsmooth convex optimization over time-varying directed graph. Our algorithm combines the dual averaging method with the push-sum technique and achieves an $O(1/ \sqrt{k})$ convergence rate. Compared with the subgradient push algorithm, our algorithm, first, addresses the constrained problems, and, second, has a faster convergence rate, and, third, simplifies the convergence analysis. We also generalize the proposed algorithm so that input variables of subgradient oracles have guaranteed convergence. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This note develops a distributed algorithm to solve a convex optimization problem with coupled constraints. Both coupled equality and inequality constraints are considered, where functions in the equality constraints are affine and functions in the inequality constraints are convex. Different from primal-dual subgradient methods with decreasing stepsizes for nonsmooth optimizations, our algorithm focuses on smooth problems and uses a fixed stepsize to find the exact optimal solution. Convergence analysis is derived with rigorous proofs. Our result is also illustrated by simulations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]