diff --git a/psl-core/src/main/java/org/linqs/psl/application/inference/mpe/DistributedDualBCDInference.java b/psl-core/src/main/java/org/linqs/psl/application/inference/mpe/DistributedDualBCDInference.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..900530c84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/psl-core/src/main/java/org/linqs/psl/application/inference/mpe/DistributedDualBCDInference.java
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+/*
+ * This file is part of the PSL software.
+ * Copyright 2011-2015 University of Maryland
+ * Copyright 2013-2023 The Regents of the University of California
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.linqs.psl.application.inference.mpe;
+
+import org.linqs.psl.database.Database;
+import org.linqs.psl.model.rule.Rule;
+import org.linqs.psl.reasoner.Reasoner;
+import org.linqs.psl.reasoner.duallcqp.DistributedDualBCDReasoner;
+import org.linqs.psl.reasoner.duallcqp.term.DualLCQPTermStore;
+import org.linqs.psl.reasoner.term.TermStore;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+/**
+ * Use an DualBCD reasoner to perform MPE inference.
+ */
+public class DistributedDualBCDInference extends MPEInference {
+    public DistributedDualBCDInference(List<Rule> rules, Database db) {
+        super(rules, db);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected Reasoner createReasoner() {
+        return new DistributedDualBCDReasoner();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public TermStore createTermStore() {
+        return new DualLCQPTermStore(database.getAtomStore());
+    }
+}
diff --git a/psl-core/src/main/java/org/linqs/psl/reasoner/duallcqp/DistributedDualBCDReasoner.java b/psl-core/src/main/java/org/linqs/psl/reasoner/duallcqp/DistributedDualBCDReasoner.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..29a302bda
--- /dev/null
+++ b/psl-core/src/main/java/org/linqs/psl/reasoner/duallcqp/DistributedDualBCDReasoner.java
@@ -0,0 +1,136 @@
+/*
+ * This file is part of the PSL software.
+ * Copyright 2011-2015 University of Maryland
+ * Copyright 2013-2023 The Regents of the University of California
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.linqs.psl.reasoner.duallcqp;
+
+import org.linqs.psl.application.learning.weight.TrainingMap;
+import org.linqs.psl.evaluation.EvaluationInstance;
+import org.linqs.psl.reasoner.duallcqp.term.DualLCQPObjectiveTerm;
+import org.linqs.psl.reasoner.duallcqp.term.DualLCQPTermStore;
+import org.linqs.psl.reasoner.term.TermStore;
+import org.linqs.psl.util.Logger;
+import org.linqs.psl.util.Parallel;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+/**
+ * A distributed variant of the DualBCDReasoner.
+ * Note that unlike the DualBCDReasoner, this reasoner does not guarantee an increase in the dual
+ * objective at every iteration as the solution to the stepsize subproblem may be inexact.
+ * Practically, this means that this reasoner may not converge to the optimal solution in as
+ * few iterations as the DualBCDReasoner.
+ * However, this reasoner does have a lower per iteration runtime.
+ */
+public class DistributedDualBCDReasoner extends DualBCDReasoner {
+    private static final org.linqs.psl.util.Logger log = Logger.getLogger(DistributedDualBCDReasoner.class);
+
+    private int blockSize;
+    private int numTermBlocks;
+
+    public DistributedDualBCDReasoner() {
+        super();
+
+        blockSize = -1;
+        numTermBlocks = -1;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected long internalOptimize(DualLCQPTermStore termStore, List<EvaluationInstance> evaluations, TrainingMap trainingMap) {
+        ObjectiveResult primalObjectiveResult = null;
+        ObjectiveResult oldPrimalObjectiveResult = null;
+
+        long totalTime = 0;
+        boolean breakDualBCD = false;
+        int iteration = 1;
+        while(!breakDualBCD) {
+            long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
+            Parallel.count(numTermBlocks, new BlockUpdateWorker(termStore, blockSize));
+            long end = System.currentTimeMillis();
+            totalTime += end - start;
+
+            if ((iteration - 1) % computePeriod == 0) {
+                float variableMovement = primalVariableUpdate(termStore);
+
+                oldPrimalObjectiveResult = primalObjectiveResult;
+                primalObjectiveResult = parallelComputeObjective(termStore);
+                ObjectiveResult dualObjectiveResult = parallelComputeDualObjective(termStore);
+
+                breakDualBCD = breakOptimization(iteration, primalObjectiveResult, oldPrimalObjectiveResult, dualObjectiveResult,
+                        maxIterations, runFullIterations, objectiveBreak, objectiveTolerance,
+                        variableMovementBreak, variableMovementTolerance, variableMovement,
+                        primalDualBreak, primalDualTolerance);
+
+                log.trace("Iteration {} -- Primal Objective: {}, Violated Constraints: {}, Dual Objective: {}, Primal-dual gap: {}, Iteration Time: {}, Total Optimization Time: {}.",
+                        iteration, primalObjectiveResult.objective, primalObjectiveResult.violatedConstraints,
+                        dualObjectiveResult.objective, primalObjectiveResult.objective - dualObjectiveResult.objective,
+                        (end - start), totalTime);
+
+                evaluate(termStore, iteration, evaluations, trainingMap);
+            }
+
+            iteration++;
+        }
+
+        return totalTime;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected void initForOptimization(TermStore<DualLCQPObjectiveTerm> termStore) {
+        super.initForOptimization(termStore);
+
+        blockSize = (int) (termStore.size() / (Parallel.getNumThreads() * 4) + 1);
+        numTermBlocks = (int) Math.ceil(termStore.size() / (double)blockSize);
+    }
+
+    private static class BlockUpdateWorker extends Parallel.Worker<Long> {
+        private final DualLCQPTermStore termStore;
+        private final int blockSize;
+
+        public BlockUpdateWorker(DualLCQPTermStore termStore, int blockSize) {
+            super();
+
+            this.termStore = termStore;
+            this.blockSize = blockSize;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public Object clone() {
+            return new BlockUpdateWorker(termStore, blockSize);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void work(long blockIndex, Long ignore) {
+            long numTerms = termStore.size();
+
+            for (int innerBlockIndex = 0; innerBlockIndex < blockSize; innerBlockIndex++) {
+                int termIndex = (int) (blockIndex * blockSize + innerBlockIndex);
+
+                if (termIndex >= numTerms) {
+                    break;
+                }
+
+                DualLCQPObjectiveTerm term = termStore.get(termIndex);
+
+                if (!term.isActive()) {
+                    continue;
+                }
+
+                dualBlockUpdate(term, termStore);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/psl-core/src/main/java/org/linqs/psl/reasoner/duallcqp/DualBCDReasoner.java b/psl-core/src/main/java/org/linqs/psl/reasoner/duallcqp/DualBCDReasoner.java
index 6ce5cebbb..461930517 100644
--- a/psl-core/src/main/java/org/linqs/psl/reasoner/duallcqp/DualBCDReasoner.java
+++ b/psl-core/src/main/java/org/linqs/psl/reasoner/duallcqp/DualBCDReasoner.java
@@ -48,8 +48,8 @@ public class DualBCDReasoner extends Reasoner<DualLCQPObjectiveTerm> {
 
     public static final double regularizationParameter = Options.DUAL_LCQP_REGULARIZATION.getDouble();
 
-    private final boolean primalDualBreak;
-    private final double primalDualTolerance;
+    protected final boolean primalDualBreak;
+    protected final double primalDualTolerance;
 
     protected final int computePeriod;
 
@@ -73,6 +73,16 @@ public double optimize(TermStore<DualLCQPObjectiveTerm> baseTermStore, List<Eval
         termStore.initForOptimization();
         initForOptimization(termStore);
 
+        long totalTime = internalOptimize(termStore, evaluations, trainingMap);
+
+        optimizationComplete(termStore, parallelComputeObjective(termStore), totalTime);
+
+        // Return the un-regularized quantification of the objective for consistency with
+        // weight learning objectives and test assertions.
+        return super.parallelComputeObjective(termStore).objective;
+    }
+
+    protected long internalOptimize(DualLCQPTermStore termStore, List<EvaluationInstance> evaluations, TrainingMap trainingMap) {
         log.trace("Starting optimization. Number of connected components: {}.", termStore.getConnectedComponents().size());
 
         long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
@@ -84,11 +94,33 @@ public double optimize(TermStore<DualLCQPObjectiveTerm> baseTermStore, List<Eval
 
         evaluate(termStore, 1, evaluations, trainingMap);
 
-        optimizationComplete(termStore, parallelComputeObjective(termStore), totalTime);
+        return totalTime;
+    }
 
-        // Return the un-regularized quantification of the objective for consistency with
-        // weight learning objectives and test assertions.
-        return super.parallelComputeObjective(termStore).objective;
+    /**
+     * Map the current setting of the dual variables to primal variables.
+     */
+    protected float primalVariableUpdate(DualLCQPTermStore termStore) {
+        AtomStore atomStore = termStore.getAtomStore();
+        GroundAtom[] atoms = atomStore.getAtoms();
+        float[] atomValues = atomStore.getAtomValues();
+
+        float variableMovement = 0.0f;
+        for (int i = 0; i < atomStore.size(); i ++) {
+            if (atoms[i].isFixed()) {
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            float oldValue = atomValues[i];
+            atomValues[i] = termStore.getDualLCQPAtom(i).getPrimal(regularizationParameter);
+
+            // Update the variable movement to be the largest absolute change in any variable.
+            if (Math.abs(atomValues[i] - oldValue) > variableMovement) {
+                variableMovement = Math.abs(atomValues[i] - oldValue);
+            }
+        }
+
+        return variableMovement;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -120,7 +152,7 @@ protected static float primalVariableComponentUpdate(DualLCQPTermStore termStore
         return variableMovement;
     }
 
-    private static boolean breakOptimization(int iteration,
+    protected static boolean breakOptimization(int iteration,
                                              ObjectiveResult primalObjectiveResult, ObjectiveResult oldPrimalObjectiveResult,
                                              ObjectiveResult dualObjectiveResult,
                                              int maxIterations, boolean runFullIterations,
@@ -459,13 +491,7 @@ protected static ObjectiveResult computeObjective(TermStore<? extends ReasonerTe
     @Override
     protected ObjectiveResult parallelComputeObjective(TermStore<DualLCQPObjectiveTerm> termStore) {
         ObjectiveResult objectiveResult = super.parallelComputeObjective(termStore);
-
-        log.trace("Unregularized Objective: {}", objectiveResult.objective);
-
         objectiveResult.objective += computePrimalVariableRegularization(termStore);
-
-        log.info("Regularization: {}", computePrimalVariableRegularization(termStore));
-
         return objectiveResult;
     }
 
@@ -519,7 +545,36 @@ private static double computePrimalVariableComponentRegularization(TermStore<Dua
         return atomValueRegularization;
     }
 
-    private static ObjectiveResult computeComponentDualObjective(DualLCQPTermStore termStore, int componentIndex) {
+    protected ObjectiveResult parallelComputeDualObjective(DualLCQPTermStore termStore) {
+        int blockSize = (int)(termStore.size() / (Parallel.getNumThreads() * 4) + 1);
+        int numTermBlocks = (int)Math.ceil(termStore.size() / (float)blockSize);
+
+        double[] workerObjectives = new double[numTermBlocks];
+
+        Parallel.count(numTermBlocks, new DualTermObjectiveWorker(termStore, workerObjectives, blockSize));
+
+        double objectiveValue = 0.0;
+        for(int i = 0; i < numTermBlocks; i++) {
+            objectiveValue += workerObjectives[i];
+        }
+
+        // The upper and lower bound constraints on the atoms are not stored in the term store,
+        // so we need to compute their objective and gradient contribution here.
+        GroundAtom[] atoms = termStore.getAtomStore().getAtoms();
+        DualLCQPAtom[] dualLCQPAtoms = termStore.getDualLCQPAtoms();
+        for(int i = 0; i < dualLCQPAtoms.length; i++) {
+            if (atoms[i] == null || atoms[i].isFixed()) {
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            objectiveValue += dualLCQPAtoms[i].getLowerBoundObjective(regularizationParameter);
+            objectiveValue += dualLCQPAtoms[i].getUpperBoundObjective(regularizationParameter);
+        }
+
+        return new ObjectiveResult((float)(-0.5 * objectiveValue), 0);
+    }
+
+    protected static ObjectiveResult computeComponentDualObjective(DualLCQPTermStore termStore, int componentIndex) {
         Map<Integer, List<DualLCQPObjectiveTerm>> connectedComponents = ((SimpleTermStore<DualLCQPObjectiveTerm>)termStore).getConnectedComponents();
         List<DualLCQPObjectiveTerm> component = connectedComponents.get(componentIndex);
 
@@ -617,4 +672,47 @@ public void work(long blockIndex, Long ignore) {
             }
         }
     }
+
+    private static class DualTermObjectiveWorker extends Parallel.Worker<Long> {
+        private final DualLCQPTermStore termStore;
+        private final int blockSize;
+        private final double[] objectives;
+
+        public DualTermObjectiveWorker(DualLCQPTermStore termStore, double[] objectives, int blockSize) {
+            super();
+
+            this.termStore = termStore;
+            this.objectives = objectives;
+            this.blockSize = blockSize;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public Object clone() {
+            return new DualTermObjectiveWorker(termStore, objectives, blockSize);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void work(long blockIndex, Long ignore) {
+            long numTerms = termStore.size();
+            int blockIntIndex = (int)blockIndex;
+
+            objectives[blockIntIndex] = 0.0;
+            for (int innerBlockIndex = 0; innerBlockIndex < blockSize; innerBlockIndex++) {
+                int termIndex = blockIntIndex * blockSize + innerBlockIndex;
+
+                if (termIndex >= numTerms) {
+                    break;
+                }
+
+                DualLCQPObjectiveTerm term = termStore.get(termIndex);
+
+                if (!term.isActive()) {
+                    continue;
+                }
+
+                objectives[blockIntIndex] += evaluateDualTerm(term, termStore);
+                objectives[blockIntIndex] += evaluateDualSlackLowerBound(term);
+            }
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/psl-core/src/test/java/org/linqs/psl/application/inference/mpe/DistributedDualBCDInferenceTest.java b/psl-core/src/test/java/org/linqs/psl/application/inference/mpe/DistributedDualBCDInferenceTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2b8fd07f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/psl-core/src/test/java/org/linqs/psl/application/inference/mpe/DistributedDualBCDInferenceTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+/*
+ * This file is part of the PSL software.
+ * Copyright 2011-2015 University of Maryland
+ * Copyright 2013-2023 The Regents of the University of California
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.linqs.psl.application.inference.mpe;
+
+import org.linqs.psl.application.inference.InferenceApplication;
+import org.linqs.psl.application.inference.InferenceTest;
+import org.linqs.psl.database.Database;
+import org.linqs.psl.model.rule.Rule;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+public class DistributedDualBCDInferenceTest extends InferenceTest {
+    @Override
+    protected InferenceApplication getInference(List<Rule> rules, Database db) {
+        return new DistributedDualBCDInference(rules, db);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/psl-core/src/test/java/org/linqs/psl/application/learning/weight/gradient/minimizer/BinaryCrossEntropyTest.java b/psl-core/src/test/java/org/linqs/psl/application/learning/weight/gradient/minimizer/BinaryCrossEntropyTest.java
index f40c6e9ec..5a92f5e04 100644
--- a/psl-core/src/test/java/org/linqs/psl/application/learning/weight/gradient/minimizer/BinaryCrossEntropyTest.java
+++ b/psl-core/src/test/java/org/linqs/psl/application/learning/weight/gradient/minimizer/BinaryCrossEntropyTest.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
  */
 package org.linqs.psl.application.learning.weight.gradient.minimizer;
 
+import org.junit.Test;
 import org.linqs.psl.application.inference.mpe.DualBCDInference;
 import org.linqs.psl.application.learning.weight.WeightLearningApplication;
 import org.linqs.psl.application.learning.weight.WeightLearningTest;
@@ -37,4 +38,18 @@ protected WeightLearningApplication getBaseWLA() {
         return new BinaryCrossEntropy(info.model.getRules(), trainTargetDatabase, trainTruthDatabase,
                 validationTargetDatabase, validationTruthDatabase, false);
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void DualBCDFriendshipRankTest() {
+        Options.WLA_INFERENCE.set(DualBCDInference.class.getName());
+
+        super.friendshipRankTest();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void DistributedDualBCDFriendshipRankTest() {
+        Options.WLA_INFERENCE.set(DualBCDInference.class.getName());
+
+        super.friendshipRankTest();
+    }
 }
diff --git a/psl-core/src/test/java/org/linqs/psl/application/learning/weight/gradient/minimizer/SquaredErrorTest.java b/psl-core/src/test/java/org/linqs/psl/application/learning/weight/gradient/minimizer/SquaredErrorTest.java
index 9d3995011..ffaa43898 100644
--- a/psl-core/src/test/java/org/linqs/psl/application/learning/weight/gradient/minimizer/SquaredErrorTest.java
+++ b/psl-core/src/test/java/org/linqs/psl/application/learning/weight/gradient/minimizer/SquaredErrorTest.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
  */
 package org.linqs.psl.application.learning.weight.gradient.minimizer;
 
+import org.junit.Test;
 import org.linqs.psl.application.inference.mpe.DualBCDInference;
 import org.linqs.psl.application.learning.weight.WeightLearningApplication;
 import org.linqs.psl.application.learning.weight.WeightLearningTest;
@@ -37,4 +38,18 @@ protected WeightLearningApplication getBaseWLA() {
         return new SquaredError(info.model.getRules(), trainTargetDatabase, trainTruthDatabase,
                 validationTargetDatabase, validationTruthDatabase, false);
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void DualBCDFriendshipRankTest() {
+        Options.WLA_INFERENCE.set(DualBCDInference.class.getName());
+
+        super.friendshipRankTest();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void DistributedDualBCDFriendshipRankTest() {
+        Options.WLA_INFERENCE.set(DualBCDInference.class.getName());
+
+        super.friendshipRankTest();
+    }
 }
diff --git a/psl-core/src/test/java/org/linqs/psl/application/learning/weight/gradient/optimalvalue/EnergyTest.java b/psl-core/src/test/java/org/linqs/psl/application/learning/weight/gradient/optimalvalue/EnergyTest.java
index 623948c98..29ae60798 100644
--- a/psl-core/src/test/java/org/linqs/psl/application/learning/weight/gradient/optimalvalue/EnergyTest.java
+++ b/psl-core/src/test/java/org/linqs/psl/application/learning/weight/gradient/optimalvalue/EnergyTest.java
@@ -65,4 +65,11 @@ public void DualBCDFriendshipRankTest() {
 
         super.friendshipRankTest();
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void DistributedDualBCDFriendshipRankTest() {
+        Options.WLA_INFERENCE.set(DualBCDInference.class.getName());
+
+        super.friendshipRankTest();
+    }
 }