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Noise-Resilient Quantum Reinforcement Learning

Quantum Physics 2026-04-23 v2

Abstract

As a branch of quantum machine learning, quantum reinforcement learning (QRL) aims to solve complex sequential decision-making problems more efficiently and effectively than its classical counterpart by exploiting quantum resources. However, in the noisy intermediate-scale quantum (NISQ) era, its realization is challenged by the ubiquitous noise-induced decoherence. Here, we propose a noise-resilient QRL scheme for a quantum eigensolver with a two-level system as an agent. By investigating the non-Markovian decoherence effect on the QRL for solving the eigenstates of the agent-environment interaction Hamiltonian, we find that the formation of a bound state in the energy spectrum of the total agent-noise system restores the QRL performance to that in the noiseless case. Providing a universal physical mechanism to suppress the decoherence effect on quantum machine learning, our result lays the foundation for designing NISQ algorithms and offers a guideline for their practical implementation.

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@article{arxiv.2508.20601,
  title  = {Noise-Resilient Quantum Reinforcement Learning},
  author = {Jing-Ci Yue and Jun-Hong An},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2508.20601},
  year   = {2026}
}
R2 v1 2026-07-01T05:09:55.240Z