A Distributed Cluster Economic Dispatch Scheme for Cross-regional Microgrids Induced by Well-designed Communication Weights

arXiv:2607.15322 2026 Dynamics 1 ideas extracted · analyzed Aug 30, 2026

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The paper offers a constructive directed-network mechanism: communication weights are designed so that the adjacency matrix has a prescribed Perron eigenvector, with equal centrality values inside each desired cluster. This creates leader-follower multiconsensus rather than forcing every agent into one global consensus, while the non-dominant eigenvalues determine convergence behavior. A transferable neural-network version is a Perron-weighted cluster-consensus optimizer or modular architecture in which replicas or experts share parameters within clusters, preserve distinct cluster-level states, and use spectral constraints to guarantee stable communication updates.

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Perron-Weighted Cluster Consensus Optimizer

Partition parallel neural-network replicas, experts, or parameter blocks into clusters and communicate their parameters through a directed nonnegative weight matrix whose dominant eigenvector is constant within each cluster. The optimizer contracts within-cluster disagreement while retaining separate cluster-level parameter states, providing controlled specialization instead of destructive global averaging.

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Paper: A Distributed Cluster Economic Dispatch Scheme for Cross-regional Microgrids Induced by Well-designed Communication Weights arXiv:2607.15322