Low-Depth Mechanisms for Quantum Optimization
Jarrod R. McClean, Matthew P. Harrigan, Masoud Mohseni, Nicholas C. Rubin, Jiang Zhang, Sergio Boixo, Vadim Smelyanskiy, Ryan Babbush, Hartmut Neven
Abstract
By gaining intuition about the mechanisms by which quantum optimization algorithms solve problems, approaches are identified that substantially improve the performance of quantum algorithms for this task.
Topics & Concepts
Computer scienceQuantumOptimization problemQuantum computerTheoretical computer scienceMathematical optimizationMathematicsAlgorithmPhysicsQuantum mechanicsQuantum Computing Algorithms and ArchitectureQuantum Information and CryptographyNeural Networks and Reservoir Computing